This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Binance US names Ant exec Shroder president 10 September 2021 The US arm of Binance has appointed former Ant Group and Uber executive Brian Shroder president, replacing Brian Brooks who quit suddenly in August after just four months in the job.
Bitcoin rose as much as 5.6% on Monday to $66,414, nearing its previous record of about $67,000. Ether advanced as much as 3% to a new high of $4,768.
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Shroder will oversee the company’s strategy and execution, fundraising, business and corporate development as well as manage the firm's Legal, HR, and product and technology functions, says Binance.US. Brooks quit a month ago, citing "differences over strategic direction" at the cryptocurrency exchange, which has been dogged by regulatory issues around the world, with watchdogs in the UK, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany and Thailand among those to take action over AML and consumer protection concerns. In a statement, Shroder stresses that Binance.US has established itself as "regulatory compliant" as well as profitable, serving millions of customers. During nearly three years at Ant Group, Shroder focused on growing and expanding the company’s operations and global partnerships. Prior to Ant, he was head of strategy and business development for Uber in their Asia Pacific region. Shroder's brother Matt joined Binance in February 2020 as VP, global expansion operations. Lead Channel Write a blog post about this story (membership required) Binance legal action sees thousands of claimants join ‘landmark’ proceedings 08 Nov 0 3 2 BNY Mellon launches ISO 20022 Hub 09 Nov 0 10 9 Revolut wants to build its own crypto exchange 04 Nov 0 9 9 Standard Chartered taps Starling BaaS platform for green savings product 08 Nov 2 2 4 /people Binance hires new Singapore CEO amid ongoing legal battles 23 August 2021 0 6 4 /crypto Liti Capital to finance ‘landmark’ case against Binance 19 August 2021 0 2 1
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Like traditional currencies, cryptocurrencies express value in units — for instance, you can say “I have 2.5 Bitcoin,” just as you’d say, “I have $2.50.”
He likens the drop to the stock market crash of 1987, from which the markets took months to recover. But because crypto moves a lot faster today than equities did in the 1980s, Noble says we may see a quicker recovery.
Yet tales of meme-coin holders becoming millionaires have attracted new waves of retail investors to crypto — along with a growing number of nefarious players. In May, the Federal Trade Commission tallied a record number of crypto investment scams, with Americans’ losses totalling around US$80 million since October.
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Cryptocurrencies work using a technology called blockchain. They are tokens that can be used as a form of payment in exchange for online goods and services. They carry a pre-determined store value of their own, just like any other fiat currency like the US dollar or the Indian rupee. Cryptocurrencies are digitally mined, where very sophisticated computers solve extremely complex computational mathematics problems. Their mining is painstaking, costly and only sporadically rewarding.
Recently, such platforms have come under increased scrutiny by lawmakers and regulators. Binance in particular is reportedly under review by regulators in the U.S., Britain, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong and elsewhere.
Whitepaper. A startup or established company publishes a whitepaper to tell potential investors about its ICO, or Initial Coin Offering — the technical details, objectives of the product, information about the team behind the company, and other details.
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