Binance announced that it will upgrade its U-based contract market maker plan after launching the USDC-based contract. Starting from 20:30 on January 3, 2024 (GMT+8), users who meet the new standards can participate in this plan. For users who meet the new standards of this plan, the rebate for maker fees will be updated after 20:30 on January 3, 2024 (GMT+8).

Binance officially announced that it will launch BTCUSDC, ETHUSDC, BNBUSDC, SOLUSDC and XRPUSDC perpetual contracts on its futures trading platform with a maximum leverage of 125x starting from 8:30 PM on January 3, 2024 (UTC+8).

According to a Binance employee, the next version of the Binance App will add an account switching function. This means that users will be able to conveniently switch between multiple accounts added to the Binance App. The account switching entrance will be located in the upper right corner of the account center. Version requirement: 2.76 or higher. It is expected that all users who install version 2.76 of the App will be able to use this feature starting next week.

BNB Chain announced on X platform that the decentralized data storage network BNB Greenfield testnet is expected to undergo a Manchurian hard fork at block height 3,922,485 (12:00 on January 4th Beijing time). Validators need to upgrade to greenfield v1.2.1 in advance, and storage providers (SP) need to upgrade to greenfield-storage-provider v1.2.2 in advance. The upgrade will not affect the account balance or data stored on the Greenfield testnet. This hard fork will introduce "MsgSetTag" to enhance message delivery and fix vulnerabilities in GVG creation and bucket status events.

Binance-BNB/USDT is currently trading at $300.00, with a 24-hour increase of 12.91%.

Market data shows BNB has broken through $289, currently priced at $288.3, with a 24-hour increase of over 8.71%. Previously reported, Binance announced the 42nd project on Binance Launchpool - SleeplessAI (AI). Users can invest BNB, FDUSD, and TUSD into the AI mining pool on the Launchpad website after 08:00 on December 28, 2023 (GMT+8) to receive AI rewards. AI can be mined for a total of 7 days.

According to official sources, TUSD can now be obtained through the Binance Web3 wallet, and users can trade TUSD on the four major networks of BSC, ETH, Arbitrum, and Avalanche.

Binance stated that in the next few days, Binance will perform standard wallet maintenance, and users may notice some large transactions from Binance wallets on multiple networks. Funds are safe.

On December 24th, according to Lookonchain monitoring, 30 minutes ago, a whale deposited 19 million STORJ coins (worth 16.15 million dollars) into Binance.<br>It is reported that on November 19th, the whale withdrew 19 million STORJ coins (worth 14.11 million dollars) from Binance, when the price was about 0.74 dollars, and currently the profit exceeds 2 million dollars.

Binance will delete and stop trading the following spot trading pairs at 11:00 Beijing time on December 29th based on recent reviews: ADA/GBP, BNB/GBP, BTC/GBP, DOGE/GBP, ETH/GBP, GBP/USDT, LINK/GBP, LTC/GBP, MATIC/GBP, SOL/GBP, XRP/GBP.

Binance announced that its Web3 wallet has completed integration with 19 new dApps.

BNB Chain, a community-driven blockchain ecosystem, has launched its 2023 Year in Review Campaign, highlighting the launch of opBNB and BNB Greenfield blockchains, which have doubled transaction speeds and reduced fees by 30 times. The ecosystem also added support for builders at every stage of the development lifecycle through its Web3 Builder Support Program. In addition, BNB Chain held hackathons in key markets to facilitate creativity and connection between builders, resulting in five new projects launched on BNB Chain. Looking ahead to 2024, BNB Chain aims to improve performance and the user experience to further lower barriers to entry for Web3.

Binance Futures has added ACE, BONK, XNO and other trading pairs for margin trading.

A poster on Breach Forums is selling access to Binance's law enforcement request panel for $10,000 in cryptocurrency, which seems to be obtained through compromised email accounts belonging to law enforcement officials. The panel provides lawful access to account data and is facilitated by a third-party service called Kodex. The vulnerability of email accounts belonging to law enforcement organizations worldwide is being exploited by hackers, and Binance has encountered fraudulent requests in the past. The Digital Authenticity for Court Orders Act has been introduced in the Senate to prevent the illegal use of forged court orders, but it only covers the U.S. and not other law enforcement agencies globally.

According to OKX market information on December 19th, BNB briefly broke through $250 and is now priced at $250.8, with a 24-hour increase of 7.71%.

Binance has successfully passed the SOC 2 Type II compliance audit. The audit was completed by a third-party evaluation agency A-LIGN, which mainly evaluated the protection and data security of the Binance system. The evaluation agency verified the effectiveness of the control measures implemented by Binance in daily use.

BNB Chain announced on X platform that on December 17th, the daily transaction volume of opBNB network exceeded 23 million, reaching a new historical high, and the transaction volume of BSC (BNB Chain) exceeded 14 million on the same day. However, both networks also experienced some congestion. In addition, the real-time TPS on opBNB also reached 610. It is reported that opBNB can process up to 4,000-5,000 transactions per second. BNB Chain pointed out that the above data surge is mainly driven by the craze for NFTs.

Binance announced that there are only 7 days left until the end of the Binance 2023 Futures Tournament. Currently, there are 85,000 eligible participants and over 5,700 teams participating, which is a historical high for the number of teams participating in the Binance Futures Tournament. As of now, the Binance 2023 Futures Tournament has unlocked a prize pool of 300,000 USDT.

Allins plans to first launch an AMM-based inscription Swap on BNB Chain, and plans to expand to other EVM-compatible chains and the Bitcoin ecosystem.

According to Whale Alert monitoring data, at around 10:01 Beijing time, 9,682 ETH (worth about $21,534,509) was transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance.