🇹🇭 Binance gains first Southeast Asian license from Thailand
Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday approved a joint venture between Binance and Gulf Energy Development to operate a digital asset exchange and brokerage, granting the cryptocurrency giant its first license in Southeast Asia.
Operations will launch in the fourth quarter of 2023 as a 51-49 joint venture between Gulf Innova and Binance. The former is the fintech arm of Gulf Energy, one of Thailand's largest private power producers, which invested $20 million for a 0.4% stake in Binance's U.S. operation.
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Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday approved a joint venture between Binance and Gulf Energy Development to operate a digital asset exchange and brokerage, granting the cryptocurrency giant its first license in Southeast Asia.
Operations will launch in the fourth quarter of 2023 as a 51-49 joint venture between Gulf Innova and Binance. The former is the fintech arm of Gulf Energy, one of Thailand's largest private power producers, which invested $20 million for a 0.4% stake in Binance's U.S. operation.
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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao says the firm is unlikely to buy up any banking institutions, despite a growing worry of crypto companies being debanked, including Binance’s own operation in Australia.
The collapse of several United States banks this year has prompted concerns that the pool of crypto-friendly banks is shrinking. former key banking partners, Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank have all capitulated this year.
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🇨🇦 OSC investigating crypto exchange Binance despite Canadian exit
Weeks after global crypto giant Binance announced it was pulling out of Canada because it didn’t agree with new rules put in place by the country’s regulators, a document published the Ontario Securities Commission shows Canada’s largest watchdog is investigating the crypto platform’s conduct in this country.
Documents filed by Binance and published by the regulator May 30 show the OSC is attempting to use its powers, including summons, to compel the production of documents and data from Binance and potentially third parties.
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Weeks after global crypto giant Binance announced it was pulling out of Canada because it didn’t agree with new rules put in place by the country’s regulators, a document published the Ontario Securities Commission shows Canada’s largest watchdog is investigating the crypto platform’s conduct in this country.
Documents filed by Binance and published by the regulator May 30 show the OSC is attempting to use its powers, including summons, to compel the production of documents and data from Binance and potentially third parties.
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🇭🇰 Hong Kong-based First Digital introduces USD stablecoin
Hong Kong-based qualified custodian and trust company First Digital is introducing a new stablecoin that will be pegged to the U.S. dollar but regulated in Asia.
Dubbed "First Digital USD," or FDUSD, the coin is intended to be backed on a one-to-one basis by one U.S. dollar or asset of equivalent fair value, the company said in a statement, adding that the reserves would be held in segregated accounts at institutions in Asia.
The stablecoin is programmable and capable of enabling the execution of financial contracts, escrow services and insurance without intermediaries, First Digital said.
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Hong Kong-based qualified custodian and trust company First Digital is introducing a new stablecoin that will be pegged to the U.S. dollar but regulated in Asia.
Dubbed "First Digital USD," or FDUSD, the coin is intended to be backed on a one-to-one basis by one U.S. dollar or asset of equivalent fair value, the company said in a statement, adding that the reserves would be held in segregated accounts at institutions in Asia.
The stablecoin is programmable and capable of enabling the execution of financial contracts, escrow services and insurance without intermediaries, First Digital said.
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🇸🇻 El Salvador's Volcano Energy secures $1B in commitments for 241 MW Bitcoin mine
Volcano Energy announced $1 billion in commitments to build a 241 megawatt (MW) bitcoin mine in the Metapán region of El Salvador, according to a Monday press release on Twitter.
The initial investment was $250 million and came from "key Bitcoin industry leaders," said the company.
The mining site will be powered with 169 MW of solar and 72 MW of wind energy to bring computing power of over 1.3 exahash/second (EH/s), the press release said. It will be located in Metapán, Santa Ana, in the country's northwest.
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Volcano Energy announced $1 billion in commitments to build a 241 megawatt (MW) bitcoin mine in the Metapán region of El Salvador, according to a Monday press release on Twitter.
The initial investment was $250 million and came from "key Bitcoin industry leaders," said the company.
The mining site will be powered with 169 MW of solar and 72 MW of wind energy to bring computing power of over 1.3 exahash/second (EH/s), the press release said. It will be located in Metapán, Santa Ana, in the country's northwest.
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🇫🇷 Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, under investigation in France.
🇳🇱 Binance also quits Netherlands After Failing to Acquire License.
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🇳🇱 Binance also quits Netherlands After Failing to Acquire License.
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