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The Binance exchange, one of the largest centralized trading venues by userbase and volume, listed the token for perpetual futures trading, but not spot trading, on December 20, 2024, a move which was criticized by some X users [who?] as an opportunity for large funds and market maker to short the token price in attempt to gain a better entry ...
In finance, a perpetual futures contract, also known as a perpetual swap, is an agreement to non-optionally buy or sell an asset at an unspecified point in the future. . Perpetual futures are cash-settled, and differ from regular futures in that they lack a pre-specified delivery date, and can thus be held indefinitely without the need to roll over contracts as they approach expi
A cryptocurrency exchange can typically send cryptocurrency to a user's personal cryptocurrency wallet.Some can convert digital currency balances into anonymous prepaid cards which can be used to withdraw funds from ATMs worldwide [1] [2] while other digital currencies are backed by real-world commodities such as gold.
The problem was initiated when banks and card issuers changed the merchant category code (MCC) for cryptocurrency purchases earlier that month. This meant that cryptocurrency payments would now be processed as "cash advances", meaning that banks and credit card issuers could begin charging customers cash advance fees for cryptocurrency purchases.
Binance.US holds U.S. dollar deposits at custodial bank accounts, which are typically insured by the FDIC for up to $250,000 per customer. To date, Binance.US has not reported any security issues.
The Volcker Rule was first publicly endorsed by President Obama on January 21, 2010. [16] The proposal was to specifically prohibit a bank or institution that owns a bank from engaging in proprietary trading, and from owning or investing in a hedge fund or private equity fund, and also to limit the liabilities that the largest banks could hold. [17]
In one of the largest corporate fines in U.S. history, Binance last month agreed to pay over $4 billion to settle the charges while Zhao agreed to pay $50 million personally.
Cash settled futures are those that, as a practical matter, could not be settled by delivery of the referenced item—for example, it would be impossible to deliver an index. A futures contract might also opt to settle against an index based on trade in a related spot market. ICE Brent futures use this method of settlement.