In summary, BUSD is issued and redeemed by Paxos. And funds are #SAFU!
2/ We were informed by Paxos they have been directed to cease minting new BUSD by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).
Paxos is regulated by NYDFS.
BUSD is a stablecoin wholly owned and managed by Paxos.
3/ As a result, BUSD market cap will only decrease over time.
4/ Paxos will continue to service the product, and manage redemptions.
Paxos also assured us the funds are #SAFU, and fully covered by reserves in their banks, with their reserves audited many times by various audit firms already.
5/ On the alleged SEC vs Paxos lawsuit, I have no information about it, other than public news articles. The lawsuit is between the US SEC & Paxos.
I am not an expert on US laws. But personally, I agree with Mile’s logic here (not that it means much):
6/ "IF" BUSD is ruled as a security by the courts, it will have profound impacts on how the crypto industry will develop (or not develop) in the jurisdictions where it is ruled as such.
7/ Binance will continue to support BUSD for the foreseeable future. We do foresee users migrating to other stablecoins over time. And we will make product adjustments accordingly. eg, move away from using BUSD as the main pair for trading, etc.
8/8 Given the ongoing regulatory uncertainty in certain markets, we will be reviewing other projects in those jurisdictions to ensure our users are insulated from any undue harm.
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The paper highlights crypto’s unique benefits and use-cases in Africa & developing markets, such as:
- Facilitating cross-border trade
- Lowering remittance costs in line with the UN SDG of 3%
- Hedge against inflation
- Funding channel for critical causes: e.g. biodiversity
Stablecoins are already being used today for disbursing aid.
@mercycorps and Binance Charity piloted a stablecoin token pegged to the Ugandan shilling for faster and cheaper cash transfers to 2200 refugees & microentrepreneurs in South Sudan & Uganda.
I had the great honor of meeting Ray Dalio a few times in the past year. I read all of his books before I met him. I even tried to write down my own principles. But it was just so hard to extract principles and write them down. I was stuck on page 1. Thread 1/5.
After meeting Ray. He gave me a few tips. Write down the decisions you make and why you made them. So, a few months later, I published my principles blog. Ray unblocked my writer’s block. I am still working on version 2. 2/5 binance.com/en/blog/from-c…
Have I managed to get Ray into crypto? Not yet. I have been busy learning from him, and there is just so much to learn. Ray is an extremely humble guy. He understands money better than anyone. Yet he often humbly says he doesn’t understand enough about crypto. 3/5
Further positive regulatory news coming from @hkmagovhk, the Monetary Authority of Hong Kong.
We are greatly proud to see #Binance’s recommendations reflected in their, now published, stablecoin consultation results.
Highlights of their decided approach to stablecoins 🧵
Adoption of a risk-based approach to decide which stablecoins are in scope, aiming to mitigate risk to monetary & financial systems - thus starting with fiat-backed.
A more defined scope for regulated activities, specifically governance, issuance, stabilization arrangements, and wallets - including access and holdings management.
Some in our industry hate centralization. Regardless if a CEX helps with crypto adoption at a faster rate, they just hate CEX. Everyone is allowed to hold their views and voice their opinions. Nothing wrong with that.
2/ Some lose money on trading or experience other issues may blame and attack us. Not all cases have black-and-white right-or-wrongs.
From day 1 of the Binance ICO (5 years ago), there were FUD sponsored by a large exchange then (now very small). Articles from “Why Binance ICO will fail” to “CZ can’t write code” showed up magically. 2/4
We were a new startup, not able to reach all the media outlets. This “competitor” helped us to get the word out. I had many inquiries like: “hey, just read about you, the article is negative, but it's obviously an attack, so I want to invest in you.” 3/4
3/ On top of that, FTX spent money on Miami Stadium, multiple Super Bowl ads, baseball referees, F1, not to mention massive political donations and luxury real-estate. Oh, and reprehensible misuse of customer funds.