Binance

Chainalysis buys AI-agent security startup Alterya, sources say for ~$150M; Alterya is still in stealth mode but has clients including Coinbase, Square, Binance

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Binance exits its Russia business as it is not “compatible with Binance's compliance strategy”, and sells the business to CommEX, which launched a day earlier

- CommEX was launched a day before Binance announced deal  — Perlman says Russia business ‘not compatible’ with compliance

Sources: Changpeng Zhao tried to liquidate Binance.US earlier this year, before pivoting to attempting to sell the company, holding talks with Gemini and others

Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao attempted to shut down the crypto exchange's U.S. offshoot earlier this year …

Voyager Digital says Binance.US terminated an agreement to acquire the bankrupt crypto broker for $1B, less than a week after the US abandoned stopping the deal

Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg :

Changpeng Zhao confirms Binance acquired the remaining 49% stake in Indonesian crypto exchange Tokocrypto; the unit will cut 58% of jobs and replace its CEO

Binance Holdings Ltd.'s Indonesian unit is cutting jobs and replacing its top executive after the parent company took nearly full control over it.

Questions about FTX's “liquidity crunch” and Binance's offer to buy the smaller exchange, likely for a fraction of its valuation of tens of billions of dollars

Source: after looking at FTX's data and loan commitments, Binance is highly likely to scrap its acquisition; FTX was turned down by Coinbase, OKX, and others

Backing out would be one more stunning development in the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao plans to sell the remaining FTT tokens received from exiting FTX equity in 2021; FTX-linked Alameda offers to buy them for $22 each

Alameda's CEO offered to buy Binance's FTT token holdings for $22 apiece.  —  Binance's CEO, responding to a CoinDesk scoop …

Sources: Binance offered ~$50M for bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital's assets, the leading bid and slightly above FTX's, but neither has been accepted yet

Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal :

Sources: Binance and FTX are among 22+ investors that indicated their interest to buy Voyager Digital's assets; source: Coinbase evaluated a deal but withdrew

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