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US Senator asks DOJ to consider criminal charges against Binance and Tether

  • US Senator Cynthia Lummis asks the Department of Justice (DOJ) to criminally charge crypto exchange Binance and USDT issuer Tether.
  • Lummis cites the two companies’ role in aiding illicit fundraising for terror.
  • Blockchain security and analytics firm Elliptic says a WSJ report “misrepresented” data.

The US Department of Justice should finish its investigation and consider criminal charges against crypto exchange Binance and USDT stablecoin issuer Tether, US Senator Cynthia Lummis says.

Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), notes in a post on X today that she had sent a letter to the DOJ with a view of having the Justice Department charge the two crypto companies for being “intermediaries” in reported illicit financing of Hamas.

The letter, co-signed by Representative French Hill, Chair Subcommittee, House Financial Services, is part of a wider reaction to a recent Wall Street Journal report. The allegations in the report saw several lawmakers believe Hamas had raised millions of dollars in crypto funding before its attacks on Israel earlier this month.

But as blockchain analytics firm Elliptic noted in a blog post published on October 25, “there is no evidence to suggest that crypto fundraising” had resulted in the more than $130 million raised cited in the Wall Street Journal article.

Elliptic said its data and that from other platforms “has been misinterpreted.”

Tether wants mainstream media fact-checked

In an announcement published this afternoon, Tether said its stance against use of crypto in terrorism financing remains strong. However, it has urged the government to “fact-check” mainstream media misrepresentations about the topic.

The news release cited the stablecoin issuers cooperation with law enforcement, including Israel’s to freeze funds suspected to be meant for illicit activities.

“Crypto used by malicious actors accounts for a small drop in the huge ocean of illicit activity passing through the (willingly or poorly equipped) traditional financial industry. WSJ deceitful article tricked good actors with false information,” said Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino.

Nic Carter, partner at Castle Island Ventures, says crypto needs to stand up for itself in the wake of the latest regulatory developments. He shared on X:

Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, shares similar sentiments and believes one of the steps to getting it right here is for the WSJ to issue a retraction or correction.

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WINR Protocol price jumps 37%- here are the key network developments

  • WINR Protocol taps double-digit gains today, up 22% at the time of writing.
  • Gains of nearly 60% in the past month have come amid key network developments.
  • The protocol recently burned 70 million WINR tokens and launched the first on-chain 1000x Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) futures.

WINR Protocol, a decentralised iGaming infrastructure platform powered by the WINR token, has seen significant market traction in the past week. Today, the price of the protocol’s native token jumped more than 22% in 24 hours to hit its highest price level since August.

WINR was trading around $0.05 at the time of writing, up 37% this past week and nearly +60% in the past 30 days. The token was however 57% down since its all-time high above $0.11 reached on March 21 this year.

The recent gains have come amid a series of major developments for the platform. Is this why WINR price has been rising? Let’s have a look.

Why is WINR Protocol price rising?

Cryptocurrencies saw a massive spike in volatility early this week, with mega cap altcoins catapulted to key levels after Bitcoin’s increase to $35,000. This outlook could have aided WINR bulls.

However, the altcoin appears to have been boosted by the platform’s several development milestones. Earlier this month, the protocol burned 70 million WINR tokens, permanently removing 7% of its maximum supply from circulation. 

Last week, the Arbitrum community voted to allow the Arbitrum Foundation grant WINR 462,000 ARB to incentivize developer activity.

These were then followed by this week’s release of the first on-chain 1000x Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) futures.  The WINR Chain also announced on October 26 that its team was looking at becoming the “go-to execution layer for decentralized iGaming.”

“With the WINR Game Engine, game providers can build their game logic on smart contracts and seamlessly integrate data with existing UIs,” the platform wrote in an announcement on X.

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