BNBUSDT Binance will list World Liberty Financial USD (USD1) on May 22, 2025, at 12:00 (UTC) and open the USD1/USDT spot trading pair. USD1 is a digital asset backed by the US dollar, launched by World Liberty Financial (WLFI), and issued and managed by BitGo Trust Company
BNBUSDT Binance Wallet has announced the launch of the ALLO (RWA) TGE. The subscription period will take place on May 22, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM (UTC+8).ALLO is a solution for tokenizing financial assets on-chain and was selected for the YZi Labs incubation program MVB8. Binance Alpha has listed BUILDon (B). BUILDon is a BSC memecoin, paired with USD1 for trading.
BNBUSDT Blum co-founder and former Binance Russia and CIS executive Vladimir Smerkis was arrested in Moscow on May 16 on charges of large-scale fraud, with specific charges yet to be disclosed. Blum later announced that Smerkis had resigned as CMO and is no longer involved in the project’s development.
BNBUSDT YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs) announces a 10-week in-person program for top Web3, AI, and healthcare founders. It will invest $500,000 in each accepted startup, $150,000 for 5% equity and $350,000 on an uncapped SAFE. The applications will close at 23:59 (GMT-7) on May 21, 2025
BNBUSDT U.S. Democratic senators have asked the Treasury and DOJ to clarify whether Binance is linked to the Trump family, citing concerns over USD1 being used to fund Abu Dhabi’s $ 2B investment in Binance. They also questioned Binance’s continued U.S. operations and whether a pardon for CZ has been sought, requesting a response by May 21
BNBUSDT Fueled by the BNB Chain trading competition and ongoing airdrops, Binance Alpha 2.0 hit a record-breaking $386M in trading volume on May 7, with $308M on the BNB Chain network alone. Its cumulative trading volume is nearing $3B. Notably, the average transaction size on Alpha 2.0 via BNB Chain is around $1,000.
BNBUSDT Binance will suspend the deposits and withdrawals of token(s) on the Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, zkSync Era, Base, Manta Network, Starknet, Polygon, Metis, Scroll, Cyber, Metal DAO, Celo and Worldcoin networks to support the Ethereum network upgrade and hard fork to ensure the best user experience. The network upgrade and hard fork will take place at 2025-05-07 10:05 (UTC).