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The exchange says the move has been forced by Paysafe subsidiary Skrill's decision to stop offering fiat services.Less than one per cent of Binance customers are affected and those that are can still access their GBP balances.The sterling news comes shortly after Binance had to suspend all dollar bank transfers and amidst growing regulatory scrutiny of the exchange in the wake of the FTX collapse. Th US Justice Department is investigating the firm over suspected money laundering and sanctions violations while the SEC is eying its BUSD stablecoin.Binance says it is working to find an alternative to Paysafe but a partner could be hard to come by.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has signaled receptiveness to the crypto and blockchain sector after including several executives from the space as part of its new Technology Advisory Committee (TAC).

The United States Justice Department is reportedly investigating the collapse of the TerraClassicUSD (USTC) stablecoin which contributed to a $40 billion wipe out in the Terra ecosystem last May.

The United States Justice Department is reportedly investigating the collapse of the once-leading algo-stablecoin – TerraUSD (UST). According to a report by Wall Street Journal, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Southern District of New York (SDNY) have started to probe UST’s collapse.

Last week, another major quake shook crypto markets. Silvergate Bank — a crypto-fiat gateway network for financial institutions and a significant on-ramp for cryptocurrencies in the United States — shut down operations due to liquidity problems. 

On Jan. 25, the Committee on Elections introduced a bill to the Kansas House of Representatives aimed at capping political donations via crypto at $100. Regardless of the success of this legislative initiative, the state of Kanzas won’t be the first jurisdiction to target anonymous donations. From authoritarian nations like Russia or China to electoral democracies like Ireland or Canada, one can find recent attempts to ban crypto donations to politicians all around the globe. 

In recent years, staking services have become increasingly popular among cryptocurrency investors. Staking refers to the process of holding and locking up a certain amount of cryptocurrency in a wallet to participate in the network's consensus mechanism and earn rewards. Centralized exchanges like Coinbase and Kraken have been offering staking services to their customers as a way to generate additional revenue.

The price of XRP has gained slightly in the past 24 hours, rising by 0.5% after the coin recovered from a significant fall this past weekend.

Elliot Stein, a senior litigation analyst for Bloomberg, recently appeared in an episode of Unchained Podcast hosted by Laura Shin.

Over the last year, a series of court cases have struck the crypto industry. Bankruptcy, liquidity issues and fraud have caused the industry to fall under the microscope of regulators around the world.

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The President of the United States Joe Biden has vowed to hold those responsible for the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank while assuring Americans that their deposits are safe. 

On Sunday, Bitcoin and Ethereum  both saw a modest rise in value, with BTC surpassing $20,000 and ETH reaching the $1,400 mark. However, the decline of the US dollar, which resulted from February's labor statistics showing slower wage growth, may be responsible for this ongoing modest increase in crypto value.

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PancakeSwap and Uniswap have been locked in a battle of the DEXes for some time but the latter has been winning. There have been instances where PancakeSwap almost took the lead and recent observations suggest that it might flip Uniswap soon.

Voyager Digital's bankruptcy plan, creating a new hurdle for the crypto lender's plan to sell its assets and transfer its customers to Binance.US in a deal valued at $1.3 billion. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the Office of the U.S. Trustee, the Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog, filed a notice of appeal late Thursday in U.S. bankruptcy court in Manhattan. It did not detail why they were appealing. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Wiles, who is overseeing Voyager's Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, had approved Voyager's restructuring plan, which is built around the acquisition by crypto exchange Binance.US, at a hearing on Tuesday after overruling objections from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and DOJ. Voyager, Binance.US and the DOJ did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the appeal.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (U.S. SEC) has continued to crack down on staking services offered by centralized providers. However, Coinbase has reiterated to customers that its staking services will continue, and may actually increase.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (U.S. SEC) yesterday rejected the investment manager VanEck’s application to create a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP), reported Reuters.

Despite the recent crackdown by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on staking services offered by centralized providers, Coinbase has reiterated to customers that its staking services will continue, and “may actually increase.”

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered against a rule change to allow investment manager VanEck to create a spot Bitcoin Trust on March 10. Commissioner Mark Uyeda joined his colleague Hester Peirce in releasing a statement that criticized the commission’s decision not to approve the listing and trading of the financial product.