{"id":1197,"date":"2022-12-22T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T03:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:54:11","slug":"alibaba-cloud-fault-on-sunday-hampered-crypto-transactions-binance-buys-bankrupt-voyager-digitals-assets-in-1bn-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/zh\/alibaba-cloud-fault-on-sunday-hampered-crypto-transactions-binance-buys-bankrupt-voyager-digitals-assets-in-1bn-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba Cloud fault on Sunday hampered crypto transactions, Binance buys bankrupt Voyager Digital\u2019s assets in $1bn deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Weekly Update: 22 Dec 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1) Alibaba Cloud fault on Sunday hampered crypto transactions&nbsp;<\/strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/alibaba-cloud-fault-sunday-hampered-113728962.html\">Yahoo Finance<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Alibaba Cloud suffered a system failure on Dec 18, which led to suspending cryptocurrency withdrawals on the OKX exchange and disabling of websites at Macau\u2019s monetary authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2) Binance buys bankrupt Voyager Digital\u2019s assets in $1bn deal<\/strong>&nbsp;[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/d7e1d328-d24a-4cb4-97a1-68b78f3feb8c#post-88f5070f-5e23-4054-ab75-3f51f769a2b8\">Financial Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Binance swooped in to purchase the defunct lender\u2019s holdings after Voyager\u2019s deal with FTX fell apart Binance US, the group\u2019s American arm, agreed to a deal worth $1.02bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3) Binance\u2019s proof-of-reserves auditor suspends work for crypto firms<\/strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/mazars-group-suspends-all-work-with-crypto-clients-including-binance-cryptocom-citing-concerns-over-public-perception-of-proof-of-reserves\/ar-AA15mbnF\">CNBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Mazars Group has suspended all work with its crypto clients, including Binance, KuCoin and Crypto.com after releasing &#8220;proof of reserve&#8221; reports for digital asset exchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4) Binance acquires Indonesian crypto exchange Tokocrypto<\/strong>&nbsp;[<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/binance-acquires-indonesian-crypto-exchange-133002543.html\">CoinDesk<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Tokocrypto became the first regulated crypto trading platform in Indonesia in 2019. Binance\u2019s acquisition followed its record net outflow of over US$3.6 billion last Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5) Crypto.com receives a license as a payment institution in Brazil<\/strong>&nbsp;[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2022\/12\/15\/cryptocom-receives-license-as-a-payment-institution-in-brazil\/\">CoinDesk<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Crypto.com has obtained a Payment Institution License from the Central Bank of Brazil, allowing the company to continue offering regulated fiat wallet services in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6) Crypto trading firm Amber Group raises $300m Series C after FTX contagion<\/strong>&nbsp;[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2022\/12\/16\/crypto-trading-firm-amber-group-raises-300m-series-c-after-ftx-contagion\/\">CoinDesk<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Amber Group changed its fundraising strategy to raise a $300 million Series C round. The round was led by Fenbushi Capital U.S., other crypto investors, and family offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7) Donald Trump NFT collection sells out, price surges<\/strong>&nbsp;[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/web3\/2022\/12\/16\/trump-nft-collection-sells-out-price-surges\/\">CoinDesk<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Donald Trump\u2019s NFT digital trading card collection sold out after its initial release. OpenSea says the collection\u2019s floor price is more than double the original price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8) Japan to exempt token issuers from corporate tax on unrealized gains<\/strong>&nbsp;[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/policy\/2022\/12\/16\/japan-to-exempt-token-issuers-from-corporate-tax-on-paper-gains\/\">CoinDesk<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Japan\u2019s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) tax committee approved a proposal to exempt crypto start-ups that issue their own tokens from paying corporate taxes on unrealized gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9) Sam Bankman-Fried to agree to US extradition after Bahamas court hearing<\/strong>&nbsp;[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/d7e1d328-d24a-4cb4-97a1-68b78f3feb8c#post-88f5070f-5e23-4054-ab75-3f51f769a2b8\">Financial Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in court on Monday as his lawyers said he will agree to be extradited to the US to face fraud charges related to the collapse of FTX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10) Visa proposes automatic payments using Ethereum Layer 2 system StarkNet<\/strong>&nbsp;[<a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/visa-proposes-automatic-payments-using-091318851.html\">Yahoo News<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Visa recently proposed a system known as \u201caccount abstraction\u201d that uses smart contracts can be used to enable automated programmable payments on Ethereum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Binance\u2019s proof-of-reserves auditor suspends work for crypto firms<\/p>","protected":false},"author":256897718,"featured_media":955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"page_builder":"","_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,132582],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-market-decoded"],"acf":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pg7Ide-jj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/insights.digift.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bg-weekly.jpg?fit=740%2C400&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/256897718"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1203,"href":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions\/1203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}