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    Binance Resorts to Shady Crypto Firms as Authorised Options Run Short

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    Binance, the global crypto exchange leader, retract to shady asset companies as authorised options minimise.

    Any reputable firm never backs shady crypto firms. These payment providers are forced to flip from one dark company to another as each subsequent member either cut ties or is disassembled by law enforcement authorities.

    The firms involved in this are not small shops, they might be the most giant corporations in the industry. Binance, this week, was cut off from its US banking partner, Signature Bank, in between the reports that the famous crypto giant’s clients could not withdraw the funds from the platform. 

    Also, before this latest incident, Crypto Capital Corp, a Panamanian offshore firm was found guilty of money laundering and financial fraud. The US watchdogs seized funds nearly billion dollars it was holding for abundance and digital asset clients. 

    Crypto capital had become the payment processor as a last resort for digital asset companies that couldn’t convince any reputable firm to support them. Tether/Bitfinex were among the most notable clients which were scrutinised by New York AG in 2020 and 2021 because of its association with the Crypto Capital. 

    The investigations further revealed that Bitfinex had invested almost a billion dollars into the Crypto Capital and it is predicted that US authorities seize the whole amount over money laundering controls. The executive team was indicted and moreover, the firm’s clients were left in the gaping hollow where their reserves used to be. 

    As a whole, this gives Crypto Capital a place in digital asset history because the New York AG’s investigation revealed that Tether used its reserved budgets to back Bitfinex out of this pit, which proves that Tether had long been indicted of, and also the stablecoin is also not fully backed by the reserves. 

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