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Binance’s market share declined by 5% amid regulatory pressure, data shows

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Despite facing regulatory challenges, Binance has retained its position in the industry, with only a marginal decrease in its market share, according to TokenInsight. Binance experienced a 5% decline in market share , dropping from 54.2% to 48.7%. This shift followed the decision of Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao, to step down as CEO as part of a $4.3 billion settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, according to recent research from TokenInsight. Crypto exchanges market share | Source: TokenInsight As per data, other cryptocurrency exchanges such as OKX and Bybit appeared to be significant gainers in the market, with OKX increasing by 4.3% in market share to 15.7%, while Bybit saw a rise of 2.2% up to 11.6%. Analysts added that despite Binance facing troubles with U.S. regulators last year, traders “do not seem to have lost confidence in centralized exchanges.” “These events did not have a massive impact on the market landscape as the FTX co...

Tether USDT market cap breaks ATH, Binance CEO points at regulatory caps

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At a time when USDT is touching new market cap highs, the other stablecoins are struggling to keep their market dominance. Tether-issued USDT (USDT) stablecoin broke past a new all-time-high market cap of over $83 billion as it continues its stablecoin market dominance. The new ATH market cap for the USDT stablecoin comes in a year when other stablecoin issuers are struggling to remain afloat due to regulatory ire. The same was pointed out by cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s CEO Changpang Zhao aka CZ. Tether USDT market cap chart. Source: Coinmarketcap CZ in a quote tweet drew attention towards BUSD, a Binance stablecoin issued by Paxos. The Binance CEO said that “BUSD was a fully regulated stablecoin that was ‘capped’ by NYDFS at a $23 billion and currently sits at a $5 billion market cap and since then USDT has seen tremendous growth.” BUSD, a fully regulated stablecoin, was "capped" (no new minting) by NYDFS at $23b. Now at $5b market cap. Since then, USDT has seen t...