Binance.US has responded to the motion to compel and reply by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), calling most of the SEC’s requests “unreasonable” and “unduly burdensome.” Attorneys of BAM Trading Services, which operates Binance.US cryptocurrency exchange, on Sept. 12 filed sealed documents for opposition to the U.S. SEC seeking additional details from
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Beach goers take to the water to cool off amid high temperatures Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in Huntington Beach, CA. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Huntington Beach, California Over 2,500 investors and financial advisors have descended on Huntington Beach, California — a.k.a. Surf City USA —for a financial conference.  A
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The residential real estate market rarely rocks headlines—despite economically accounting for the largest single share of U.S. gross domestic product (+/- 17%). The Great Recession pushed real estate front and center in the media for a while as the banks collapsed back in 2008. Covid subsequently upended where and how people wanted to live and
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China’s real estate sector is going in “two directions,” and even though further stimulus is expected, a recovery will not likely happen soon, according to a former advisor to the People’s Bank of China. “The property market right now in China is actually two-fold. It’s actually going into two directions,” Li Daokui, now a professor
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Virginia lawmakers have passed a final budget for fiscal year 2024, finding compromises on tax cuts and new spending initiatives after months of debate between the state’s politically divided government. The state’s Democratic-controlled state Senate and GOP-led House of Delegates failed to agree on a budget at the end of their legislative session in February,
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Responding to a migrant influx estimated to cost New York City about $12 billion over the next three fiscal years. Mayor Eric Adams directed every agency to implement a 5% cut in future spending for the next financial update. The cuts will be accomplished through the so-called “program to eliminate the gap” (PEG) with a
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A British parliamentary researcher accused of working for Beijing has denied all spying allegations levelled against him. Speaking through Birnberg Peirce, the law firm representing him, the researcher said he felt “forced to respond to the media accusations that I am a ‘Chinese spy’”. “Given what has been reported, it is vital that it is
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Not a single fraud proof has been submitted on Arbitrum since it first launched its mainnet with the built-in security feature in August 2021, according to Ed Felten, co-founder and chief scientist of the Arbitrum-building Offchain Labs. Operating as an Ethereum layer-2, Arbitrum’s interactive, multi-round fraud proofs work by allowing a layer-1 verifier contract to
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ChargePoint electric vehicle charging station at Walnut Creek City Hall parking lot with car, trees, and clear sky in the background, Walnut Creek, California, April 18, 2023. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. WestRock — The stock gained 5%
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Just eight years ago, BondLink Co-Founder and CEO Colin MacNaught left his post as assistant deputy treasurer for debt management in the Massachusetts’ treasurer’s office to build a firm that would bring greater transparency to the municipal bond markets and aid issuers in reaching more investors to attain better pricing. Today, the firm he started
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Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum (ETH) had his X (formerly Twitter) account compromised, which, according to social media reports, resulted in victims losing over $691,000 through malicious links. In a Sept. 10 post on X, Dmitry Buterin, the father of Vitalik Buterin, announced that his son’s account has been compromised: “Disregard this post, apparently Vitalik has been
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India’s prime minister Narendra Modi has called for the mandate of multilateral lenders such as the World Bank to be expanded, as the IMF’s managing director demanded an increase in the lender’s resources by the end of the year. Efforts to boost the balance sheets and reform the governance of the Washington-based multilateral lenders have
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An increasing number of investment firms in the United States and Europe are appointing senior executives to lead digital asset investment strategies, based on the findings of a market intelligence firm. According to a recent Amberdata report titled ‘Digital Assets: Managers’ Data Infrastructure Fuel,’ 24% of asset management firms have adopted a digital assets strategy,
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