Binance has been banned or restricted from operating in the uk since 2021, when the fca found it wasnt meeting basic registration requirements and had run ins with dutch and belgian regulators around the same period. It pled guilty in the US in 2023 to aml and sanctions violations with over $4 billion in penalties, and its founder did prison time as part of that and now in 2026, its the one major exchange that couldnt get licensed under MiCA while coinbase, bitpanda ,kraken, all did Individually, any one of these could be regulator being overly cautious with a new industry but stacked up over five years, it stops looking like bad luck and starts looking like a company that keeps failing the exact same category of test proving to regulators that its structure and leadership meet a basic compliance bar.. Its specifically a trust problem, recurring across multiple independent jurisdictions. something surprising is that none of this has actually dented binance's volume dominance. It's still the largest exchange by a wide margin, in spite of a track record that would sink most companies in most other industries. Which either means crypto users genuinely dont weight this kind of risk very heavily or means theres no real alternative with the same liquidity so people stay regardless. Small side note its probably not a coincidence that the onchain RWA perps corner like ostium and hyperliquid has been growing precisely in the gap this kind of recurring regulatory risk leaves open coz that doesnt need a specific company to hold a specific license in any country to let keep a position open. So does a pattern like this change anything about where people choose to trade or does liquidity and habit just override it every time? submitted by /u/Personal_Brilliant39 [link] [Kommentare]
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Everyone tell us how much you’ve lost over the years. Instead of all these posts about “I’ve gained X amount”, let’s make it real. And no, this isn’t a negative post. Some people losing 5%, 10%, etc will feel better. Lol. submitted by /u/BearDodle [link] [Kommentare]
Stop worrying about the price, just hold brothers. I’ve been in crypto for 8 years made a lot and lost a lot but the one statement that holds true and has kept me green and afloat is keep time in the market, take some profits here and there during bull runs and accumulate more when bear. It’s simple, crypto ain’t over, the constant scare post are what they want! They(elites, bankers, and government) want you to sell! Don’t! HODL! EDIT: they= elites, bankers, and government. submitted by /u/C5A- [link] [Kommentare]
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I've launched Vattelum, an open-source project building a decentralized legal system on Ethereum. It includes a standards for citing laws, three new ways of storing law on-chain, and a tool to turn these principles into binding agreements printable in PDF. This brings many new use-cases to the blockchain: From simple voting for policies, to freelance and trade contracts, peer-to-peer economies, and communities self-governing across borders. The Vattelum project now has four basic applications: A Registry allowing any expert or institution to enact laws on-chain... The Blockchain Voting System allowing any organization to put their policies and decisions to a vote without legal complexity... Decentralized Autonomous Association, transforming DAO tools to instrument for decentralized law-making... A Smart Contract Block combining on-chain laws and smart contracts into a binding agreement printable as a PDF just like any regular contract... Suggestions and feedback welcome! TLDR: I created a new blockchain-based legal system allowing for the creation of private governing laws and legal context for smart contracts. submitted by /u/DecentralizedLaw [link] [Kommentare]
This amateur thinking he's giving some advice. ONE that BTC would ever go below $40k MINIMUM again. And two... that of BTC rallies this year that MSTR would not ALSO rally, therefore eliminating need to sell BTC to cover dividends. This OP clearly didn't think this one through. I'm so tired of bears and Noobs who think they have any idea what they're talking about or naysaying. IF YOU'RE NOT ABOUT BITCOIN AS A WHOLE, THEN GTFO AND DON'T COME BACK. Posers submitted by /u/ACOUSTIDELIC36 [link] [Kommentare]
Q: What is this? A: The BCH and XMR community are experimenting with exposing the naked shorting used by exchanges (famously Binance didn't even report their BCH reserves for a very long time - unlike other major coins). Of course, this is simply another manifestation of attempts to suppress p2p cash as outlined in "Hijacking Bitcoin" book. The idea is to regularly coordinate a day when the community withdraws coins from exchanges to on-chain wallets and suck up all the available liquidity, create an impact on the price & in an extreme case blow up a naked shorting exchange that can't meet its BCH/XMR obligations. Think of it like GME & Wall Street Bets for BCH, or the XMR community has a similar idea called "Monerun". This was discussed on Podcast episode 142 if you want to hear more. Q: When? A: Now. Any time during the window 0:00 - 23:59 on bank run day UTC time ideally, but if you miss the window slightly that's fine the day after still works. The bank run repeats on the 1st & 15th of each month. Q: How do I participate? A: Buy BCH on any custodial exchange (with any fiat or other crypto) & withdraw to your self custodial wallet. Then like this thread & leave a comment saying you participated. Any exchange that is easiest for you or crypto ATM or even any p2p trade works - as long as you are increasing your BCH held self-custodially then you are contributing to the pressure on custodially held BCH supply (which will naturally flow through the market). Q: What if I don't use exchanges / all my funds are in BCH already? A: Great work on living the p2p cash dream! You can still contribute by selling some goods & services on that day in order to increase your self-custodial BCH, as well as make noise on social media to spread the word to others! Q: If this is predictably repeated & publicly announced, can't people "frontrun" it by selling into our volume? A: Yes, but that's a win if they do. If BCH & XMR Bank Runs are popular enough to noticeably move the price, it's already working. If it's getting enough attention that new people are getting interested in the ecosystem & think about it regularly - even if they start out as speculators - that's a win. The curiosity of why BCH and XMR are uniquely acting like this will lead them to delve deeper sooner or later. Q: Anything else I need to know? A: BCH and XMR both have gained significant ranks in marketcap since this initiative began. Coincidence? Hard to say. Exchanges issues have been plentiful in blocking withdraws. The whole market is obviously a scam, but the good news is that bank runs is one way we can potentially uncover naked shorting activity. Keep an eye on the price & watch the price today & this week to see what happens (or distress among custodial exchanges). I will update this thread with anything I notice. NOT YOUR KEYS, NOT YOUR COINS! (Above text at the courtesy of u/Shibinator.) More info: https://bitcoincashpodcast.com/faqs/Culture/what-is-bch-bank-run 🚨🚨🚨 submitted by /u/DangerHighVoltage111 [link] [Kommentare]
Most new crypto launches feel structurally unwinnable for normal users. By the time something gets attention, the supply is usually already carved up between insiders, market makers, KOL allocations, private rounds, and whatever opaque treasury setup exists behind the scenes. Retail shows up as exit liquidity, then everyone acts shocked when the chart does exactly what you would expect to happen lol The only meme coins I find interesting now are the ones where distribution itself is the product. Wide holder base, organic lore, actual community persistence, and no obvious “VC unlock doom clock” hanging over it. That’s why I’ve been watching UwU (unicorn and memes) more closely. Not saying it’s guaranteed to do anything, but the setup is at least different: large holder count, airdrop-originated distribution, weirdly durable community, and an actual meme primitive that is simple enough to spread outside crypto. Could go to zero like everything else in this sector. But compared to the usual cabal-launched chart with 14 influencers pretending they “just found it,” this feels like one of the cleaner experiments in whether distribution + lore can still matter. Curious what people here think: in memes, what do you look for in winners? submitted by /u/bostonballer [link] [Kommentare]
A digital-first broadcast that brings the entire industry under one roof to anchor conversations for a global audience of founders, builders, institutions, enterprises, capital allocators and decision-makers—with no travel required. Premiering on Wednesday, August 5th, this high-signal, high-production news-style broadcast delivers the same quality conversations you expect on stage at our IRL events, now produced for a digital audience. submitted by /u/semanticweb [link] [Kommentare]