Voyager Crypto Will Sell Assets To Binance In $1 Billion Deal

Following a review, cryptocurrency company Voyager Digital Ltd announced on Monday that it will sell its assets to Binance.US in a deal worth about $1 billion. Binance.US, based in Palo Alto, California, which is a separate legal entity from Binance.com and has a licensing agreement with it, will deposit $10 million and reimburse Voyager for…

Goldman Will Axe Thousands Of Employees With Layoffs As Wall Street Banks Intensifies: Reuters

Goldman Sachs Group Inc is planning to lay off thousands of employees in order to navigate a difficult economic environment, according to a source familiar with the matter. The layoffs are the latest indication that layoffs are spreading across Wall Street as dealmaking slows. Investment banking revenues have fallen this year due to a slowdown…

Deposits Are Returning To Binance But Road Ahead Is Bumpy, Says CEO

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said on Wednesday that the situation at his cryptocurrency exchange has “stabilized,” attempting to assuage investors’ concerns after the company was forced to halt withdrawals of a stablecoin. Zhao stated that approximately $1.14 billion in net withdrawals occurred on Tuesday, but added that this was “not the highest withdrawals we processed,…

Santander Fined $132 Million By The UK Financial Conduct Authority

The Financial Conduct Authority penalized Santander £107.7 million ($132 million) on Friday for “serious and persistent” holes in the Spanish bank’s anti-money laundering control system for over 560,000 corporate clients. The FCA stated that between December 31, 2012 and October 18, 2017, Santander’s UK  arm was unable to to manage and supervise its anti-money laundering systems…

US FTC Has Filed A Lawsuit To Prevent Microsoft From Acquiring Activision Blizzard

The Federal Trade Commission of the US announced that it has filed an antitrust case against Microsoft, claiming that the software company’s attempt to acquire video game publisher Activision Blizzard would violate US law. Microsoft isn’t dealing with competitive pressure for the first time. In 1998, the United States The Department of Justice filed a broad…