BNB Chain has released an article on its official website, making the following commitments to the Web3 community: openness, multi-chain capabilities, empowerment of creators and innovators, permissionless and permanent decentralization. In the article, BNB Chain also summarized its accomplishments for the year 2023. As of the end of 2023, BSC processed 32 million transactions per day, reaching a peak throughput of 2,000 transactions per second. In the fourth quarter, opBNB also achieved a new historical high, processing 71 million transactions per day with a rapid throughput of 4,500 transactions per second. In 2023, BNB Chain reduced its total losses due to hacking and fraud by 85% compared to the previous year. BSC has become one of the most active L1 blockchains with approximately 1 million DAUs. By the end of 2023, opBNB established itself as the most active L2 and remains the L2 blockchain with the most DAUs to date in 2024.As the third largest Layer-1 protocol by market capitalization, BSC made impressive progress in multiple indicators in the fourth quarter of 2023, highlighting the vitality and productivity of its ecosystem:The gas fees burned by BNB, a key indicator of network activity, increased by 21% between the third and fourth quarters of 2023.Throughout 2023, BSC demonstrated its ability to handle high volumes of activity, with daily transactions on the network experiencing a 35% annual growth.The DeFi ecosystem reached a total locked value (TVL) of $4.6 billion at the end of 2023, with a quarterly YoY growth of 33%.In 2023, BSC successfully increased its gas limit to 140 million, surpassing Ethereum's capacity by 4.6 times. BNB Chain stated that it focuses on supporting high-frequency DeFi, full-chain gaming, AI+Web3, DePIN, and other fields.

According to OKX market information on February 21, BNB broke through $370 and is currently priced at $372.4, with a 24-hour increase of 4.52%.

According to an official announcement, Binance will launch a LINK 1-75x U perpetual contract denominated in the base currency on February 16, 2024 at 16:30 (GMT+8).

According to an official announcement, Binance Futures updated the leverage and margin ladder for some U-based perpetual contracts on February 14th at 14:00 (GMT+8). The update will not affect users' current positions. The trading varieties involved in this adjustment include:

According to Lookonchain monitoring, 2 hours ago, SmartMoney withdrew 329,449 API3 tokens (worth $1.18 million) from Binance. SmartMoney is very good at trading API3, always buying at low prices and selling at high prices.

According to Spot On Chain monitoring, Kenetic Capital deposited 4.1 million RNDR coins (worth $20.4 million) into Binance 6 hours ago.

Binance released its reserve proof for February 2024. As of February 1st, the net balance of BTC for Binance platform users was 594,688.859 coins, and the net balance of BTC for the Binance platform was 609,477.128 coins, with a BTC reserve ratio of 102.49%. In addition, the net balance of ETH for Binance platform users was 4,163,085.942 coins, and the net balance of ETH for the Binance platform was 4,353,718.384 coins, with an ETH reserve ratio of 104.58%.

According to an official announcement, Binance will remove the following spot trading pairs and cease trading based on recent audit results: February 9, 2024, 11:00 (UTC+8): FLOW/BNB, GMT/ETH, ONE/BNB, PUNDIX/ETH.

According to an official announcement, Binance Web3 wallet will airdrop 1 million Polyhedra network tokens to users. During the event, users who complete the corresponding tasks using Binance Web3 wallet will be eligible to share the corresponding prize pool. Each eligible participant can receive up to 100 Polyhedra network tokens as a reward for each task. Users who complete all tasks can receive up to 200 Polyhedra network tokens.

Binance co-founder He Yi stated that there have been occasional heated discussions in the past regarding leaked information about coin listings on Binance. Usually, these discussions involve projects that have not yet released their tokens, and the community's excessive promotion to maintain hype is not uncommon. However, after the announcement of the listing of RONIN and the subsequent price drop, there was a fierce discussion within the community. After an internal investigation, it was found that the integration of public chains for users to retrieve tokens led to the detection of the collection on the chain by external parties. Discussions about RONIN being listed on Binance began within the community, and after careful consideration, the following adjustments will be made:

According to Coinglass data, the balance of Binance Bitcoin wallet has increased by about 9,600 BTC in the past 30 days and by about 837.36 BTC in the past 24 hours. The current total balance has exceeded 550,000 BTC, reaching 557,848.6 BTC.

Richard Teng, CEO of Binance, stated on the X platform that the inscription market in the Web3 wallet has been optimized based on user feedback to improve the user experience. It is reported that the "Markets" tab in the Binance Web3 wallet can now be used to access the inscription market. According to previous reports, the Binance Web3 wallet launched the inscription market on February 1st, supporting the trading or minting of inscription tokens.

According to Spot on Chain monitoring, on February 3, four associated addresses of The Sandbox deposited a total of 92.94 million SAND (approximately 41.21 million US dollars) to Binance 8 hours ago. These wallets received these tokens as part of the unlocking process from The Sandbox's multi-signature address in the past 1.5 months. These addresses sold 1.3 million SAND for 566,000 US dollars USDC two days ago.

Steve Christie, former Senior Compliance Officer at Binance, has returned to the company as Deputy Chief Compliance Officer (DCCO). It is reported that Steve Christie will take over the position previously held by Kristen Hecht, former Deputy Chief Compliance Officer and Global Anti-Money Laundering Reporting Officer at Binance. Steve will work with Chief Compliance Officer Noah Perlman to continue strengthening Binance's global compliance program and seek new opportunities for the company to maintain its leadership role in the industry's development and innovation.

Binance has increased its annual compliance budget from 158 million US dollars to 213 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 35%, according to coingape.

Binance OTC trading has launched the RFQ (Request for Quote) option, allowing users to directly submit options trading quote requests to the Binance OTC trading platform. By using institutional-level liquidity of the RFQ option, users can complete large-scale OTC options trading at more advantageous prices and with no transaction fees.

Families of hostages and victims of Hamas in Israel have filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Binance, alleging that it processed transactions associated with the terrorist group and others operating in the region. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York on behalf of U.S. citizens who were affected by acts of terror perpetrated by Hamas and other groups in Israel. The plaintiffs are also suing Iran and Syria. Binance is accused of facilitating the financing of Hamas and other terrorist organizations between 2017 and 2023, and providing a clandestine financing tool that it deliberately hid from U.S. regulators. More than 100 Binance accounts with suspected links to Hamas were frozen at the request of Israeli law enforcement in the 10 days following the attacks.

Binance has announced plans to reduce its shareholding in Gopax, one of South Korea's largest crypto exchanges. Binance had acquired a majority stake in Gopax in February 2020 to re-enter the South Korean crypto market, but faced setbacks from regulators. Binance plans to sell its shares in Gopax to address issues related to changes in virtual asset business operators reporting requirements, and will convert the loan paid as GoFi repayment into equity and sell part of the stake to resolve the issue. The reduction in stake is a preemptive measure while seeking meaningful dialogue with financial authorities.

Binance co-founder He Yi stated that although she has a LinkedIn account, she has forgotten the password and is not responsible for discussing potential listings with project parties. She reminded everyone to be wary of people who claim to have a close relationship with her and discuss investment or listing issues with you.

According to @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, Binance's hot wallet (address starting with 0xb32) first collected RON tokens on January 26. Currently, the address holds 137,000 RON tokens worth $360,000.