According to the official announcement, Binance Alpha and Binance Contract will launch Bluwhale (BLUAI) on October 21.
According to the official announcement, Binance announced that it will launch Bitlayer (BTR) spot trading on the Binance Alpha platform at 10:00 (UTC) on August 27, 2025, and launch BTRUSDT perpetual contract at 10:30 on the same day, with up to 50x leverage. Eligible users can use Alpha points to receive exclusive airdrops from August 27 to 28.
Justin Drake, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, wrote in X that the Bitcoin proof-of-work (PoW) safety classifier is in a "ticking time bomb" state. He pointed out that after several block reward halves, Bitcoin's fee revenue as a percentage of miners' total revenue remains at about 1%. The current average daily fee is less than 10 BTC, a 13-year low.
On June 19, according to TheBlockPro data, although Binance ended its zero transaction fee activity for multiple trading pairs, including BTC/FDUSD, in April, which weakened the market share of FDUSD, it still maintained its dominance, with spot transactions accounting for 33.55% in June.
The Nigerian government has accused Binance of money laundering, involving a total amount of $35.4 million. After EFCC submitted the documents on Thursday, Binance is currently facing two separate criminal charges in Nigeria. The Federal Tax Agency of Nigeria (the country's tax authority) has accused the exchange of tax evasion.
Binance margin has added Reduced (DCR), LTO Network (LTO), Enzyme (MLN), and Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) as new loanable and collateralized assets to the full margin, and added new trading pairs to the full margin and position by position margin.