This week, major cryptocurrency exchange Binance teamed up with
financial technology and regulated trust company Paxos to launch a
new deposit gateway that allows traders to wire fiat to Paxos and
receive an equivalent amount of the Paxos stablecoin, PAX, directly
in their Binance wallets. From there, the PAX can be exchanged for
other cryptocurrencies on Binance's exchange. In another recent
event involving Binance, as part of an internal restructuring this
week, the exchange reportedly transferred $1.2 billion in binance
coin (BNB) from one wallet to another. According to Binance, the
$1.2 billion transaction took 1.1 seconds and cost $0.015 in fees,
highlighting some of the benefits of blockchain. In another
payments headline, a U.S. fintech firm known for its mobile
payments and point-of-sale products recently launched new bitcoin
features for its Cash App, allowing users to deposit bitcoin from
external wallets directly into their Cash App accounts.