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Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao on Tuesday named a new CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange he founded, after pleading guilty to federal money laundering charges and stepping down as the company's chief.

Founder and former CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, announced his replacement today as the Department of Justice held a press conference announcing significant cryptocurrency enforcement actions against his company.

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, will pay one of the largest corporate penalties in U.S. history as a coalition of federal regulators accused the company of violating laws in pursuit of growing market share.

Binance Holdings Ltd.’s chief executive Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to anti-money laundering violations and agreed to pay a US$50 million fine Tuesday under a sweeping deal worked out with the United States Department of Justice designed to keep the company operating.

Uranium3o8, an asset-backed token backed by uranium, has gone live on Uniswap.

Much like playing a game of Monopoly, a recent study from Tufts University finds that when people are more wealthy, it’s because they’re lucky — a result of just pure randomness.

Illia Polosukhin, who was one of the original founders of the NEAR Protocol, has been given the position of chief executive officer of the NEAR Foundation. Polosukhin is going to put his forward-thinking vision into reality by spearheading the effort to create a broad open web.

Singapore-based Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR), a global frontrunner in the cryptocurrency mining industry, has released its unaudited operational metrics for October 2023, showcasing sustained robust performance and strategic advancements. Throughout the month of October, both the hash rate and the electrical capacity remained stable, which was praised by the CEO Linghui Kong. He brought out the fact that the Gedu Datacenter in Bhutan had contributed 3.3EH/s to the overall hash rate as well as 211 Bitcoins, which accounted for more than half of the entire Bitcoin production for the month. The ongoing construction of the Tydal Datacenter in Norway, which is anticipated to be completed in the year 2025, serves as an instance of the company's devotion to the advancement of technology as well as the rise in shareholder value.

Ripple, a frontrunner in blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions, has joined forces with Onafriq, a leading payments fintech, to revolutionize digital asset-enabled cross-border payments connecting Africa with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the UK, and Australia.

Bank of India (RBI) has increased the cost of funds for banks and non-bank financial companies (NBFCs), by increasing the risk weight of such loans. Currently at 100% risk weight, loans to consumers will see an increase to 125%, excluding loans for housing, education, vehicles and against gold. Banks create money, so RBI regulates their growth by a Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR)—a function of how much the bank can lose of its own money, as a percentage of its loan exposure.

₹50,000 can be claimed per year, over and above the ceiling of ₹1.5 lakh that an individual is eligible for under section 80C of the income tax Act. To illustrate its benefit, let us assume that a person in the 30% income tax bracket wants to invest ₹50,000 in an NPS account. The individual can claim tax deductions for contribution towards NPS at the end of the financial year while filing returns and can so save ₹15,000, a sum which would otherwise be deducted from salary as tax This is not the case with mutual funds, unless they are equity linked savings schemes (ELSS) that one can claim as deduction under section 80C.

Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder and CEO of Binance, has pled guilty to violating criminal U.S. anti-money laundering requirements and will forfeit his executive position at the crypto exchange.

Top management of artificial intelligence company, OpenAI, are scrambling to “reunify” the organization following the dramatic ousting of co-founder, Sam Altman.

Blast, Ethereum’s latest Layer 2 network, has gone live in an “early access” mode.

Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle provides insight on air traffic control on 'The Claman Countdown.'

Former Bridgewater Associates CEO David McCormick joined ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, spotlighting China’s role in the conflict.

NAHB CEO Jim Tobin discusses the state of the housing market, American homeownership, and using family money for home down payment.

OpenAI, the firm behind the success of ChatGPT, approached Dario Amodei, the chief executive officer of rival Anthropic, offering him to replace its ousted CEO Sam Altman, reports said on November 21. Apart from offering him the top role, the board of directors also sought to discuss a potential merger between the two artificial intelligence (AI)-focussed startups, Reuters reported, citing sources who are privy to the development. Amodei declined both the offers, the sources further told the news agency.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao may step down as part of a major $4 billion settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the company, Forbes reported on Tuesday, citing a source familiar with the matter.

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