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Some Binance.US Crypto Trading Was a Mirage, the SEC Alleges
Some Binance.US Crypto Trading Was a Mirage, the SEC Alleges

When crypto company Binance launched its U.S. exchange in 2019, almost $70,000 of bitcoin changed hands in the first hour. “That was ourself, I think,” Binance Chief Executive Changpeng Zhao said in an internal message viewed by The Wall Street Journal. Just how much crypto trading volume is due to actual trades versus exchanges and coin promoters shuffling assets among themselves is an issue for regulators and investors trying to gauge the depth of these markets.
US retailers targeted with bomb threats, seeking bitcoin and gift cards -WSJ
US retailers targeted with bomb threats, seeking bitcoin and gift cards -WSJ

Retail companies including Kroger, Walmart and Amazon's Whole Foods Market, among others, have received bomb threats at their stores in recent months, the report said, adding that some callers demanded gift cards, bitcoin or money and threatened to detonate bombs if payments were not made. These threats have been spread across various areas from New Mexico to Wisconsin.
Bitcoin Miner Bit Digital Adds Machines in Iceland Before Possible U.S. Tax Crackdown
Bitcoin Miner Bit Digital Adds Machines in Iceland Before Possible U.S. Tax Crackdown

New York-based Bit Digital is expanding its operations to Iceland in a bid to hedge the bitcoin-mining company’s regulatory risk amid a proposed a crypto-mining tax from the Biden administration. Samir Tabar, chief executive of Nasdaq-listed Bit Digital, told The Wall Street Journal that the company bought 2,500 new bitcoin-mining machines for $5 million last week and will house them in Iceland, the company’s first time sending new computers outside the U.S. in two years. Bitcoin miners’ el
Binance.US can take on Voyager’s crypto customer accounts: WSJ
Binance.US can take on Voyager’s crypto customer accounts: WSJ

Binance.US, the U.S. version of the global crypto exchange Binance, can move forward with absorbing customer accounts and around $1 billion in crypto from Voyager Digital, a judge said — despite objections from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The Journal reported that Judge Michael Wiles of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York approved the deal between Binance.US and Voyager, which filed for bankruptcy protection last year, leading to an ass
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