Hamas-Linked Crypto Accounts Frozen by Israeli Police, With Binance’s Help: Report Israeli authorities had previously seized around 190 Binance accounts with alleged ties to terrorist groups.

First Mover Americas: Circle Argues Stablecoins Aren’t Securities in Response to SEC’s Binance Lawsuit The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 29, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Circle Intervenes in Binance’s SEC Case, Argues Stablecoins Aren’t Securities Stablecoins alone can’t be considered securities, argues the USDC issuer, supported by former commodities regulator Heath Tarbert.

CZ Denies He Owns CommEX, Binance Russia’s New Owner Binance’s CEO sought to quell rumors about the mysterious, day-old, crypto company as he seeks to quit Russia.

First Mover Americas: Binance Sells Russian Unit The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 27, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Binance CMO Hails Istanbul as a Crypto Hub Rachel Conlan, the new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, conducted an interview with Serdar Turan as part of CoinDesk Türkiye’s Exclusive Interview series.

Binance Sells Russian Unit to Day-Old CommEX, Exits Country Binance is set to fully exit the country with the sale and will have no ongoing revenue split, it said Wednesday.

Binance’s Liquid Staked Ether Jumps to $1.2B in TVL After Sudden $500M Inflow Binance’s liquid staking ether (ETH) saw a sudden $500 million burst of inflows over the weekend, pushing its total locked value (TVL) to $1.2 billion.

Why Binance and Banking Giant MUFG Want to Issue Stablecoins in Japan Binance Japan and Mitsubishi UFJ bank want to help with the country’s Web3 ambitions by issuing stablecoins.

Binance Restarts in Belgium Three Months After Order to Stop In June the exchange was ordered by the Financial Services and Markets Authority to stop serving Belgium clients.

Binance, U.S. Affiliate, Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao File to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit Binance, Binance.US and Changpeng Zhao filed to dismiss a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit Thursday, claiming the regulator hadn’t “plausibly alleged” various securities-related violations.

Binance Warns of Multiple Stablecoin Delistings as Lawyers Puzzle Over EU’s MiCA The EU’s landmark Markets in Crypto Assets law, MiCA, takes effect next year, but it’s not clear how it will apply to foreign or decentralized issuers

Binance’s Bitcoin Trading Volume Plunges 57% as Regulatory Pressure Mounts As legal challenges against Binance mount, the average spot BTC trading volume on the platform has decreased 57% since Sep. 1

Some Binance EU Users Find Fiat Withdrawals Cut Off Even Before Paysafe Ends Service Binance says Paysafe gave it short notice that a “very small portion” of European users will be subject to an earlier closure before the payments provider pulls support for the exchange on Sept. 25.

CZ Denies Binance.US Used Ceffu or Binance Custody in Apparent Contradiction Binance.US previously told a DC court it used custody software offered by Binance’s international arm that was later rebranded Ceffu.

Binance Staked Ether Experiences $573M in Inflows This Month Binance’s staked ether token (BETH) experienced $573 million in deposits across two single days in September, more than quadrupling total value locked to $731 million, DefiLlama data show.

‘I Just Want to Keep Things Moving’: Judge Makes No Ruling in SEC-Binance Document Dispute A U.S. judge declined to order Binance.US to make its executives more available for depositions, or for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to back down in its demands for more documents during a hearing Monday.

Binance’s U.S. Exchange Bucks SEC’s Document Requests Amid Investigation The crypto exchange is fighting to avoid handing over certain documents to the regulator, arguing the SEC’s requests are “overbroad.”

Binance Is Supposedly Separate From Crypto Custodian Ceffu. The SEC Has Questions As regulators prepare to square off with one of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges in court, Ceffu has denied any ties to Binance or U.S. operations. The reality is murkier.

SEC Rips Into Binance.US Over ‘Shaky’ Asset Custody, Asks Court to Order Inspection The regulator asked a U.S. court to reject Binance’s “half-hearted” objections to its motion seeking depositions, an inspection and communication from the exchange.