Binance Weekly Report: First Launchpad Project for 2020 + P2P Launch in Vietnam

2020-01-29

In this weekly report: We introduce the first token sale for Binance Launchpad this year, launch P2P trading in Vietnam, and share more of our latest developments and content.

Binance Fiat Updates

1. Binance P2P Adds Support for Vietnamese Dong (VND). Users can now buy and sell BTC, USDT, ETH, and BNB with Vietnamese dong using Binance’s P2P platform. Read more about Binance’s peer-to-peer (P2P) trading for VND.

2. Binance Global Peer-to-Peer Merchant Program. Binance global P2P merchants can earn revenue by providing fiat currency payment solutions and enjoy zero transaction fees as well as professional service support from Binance. Apply now!

Binance Futures Updates

3. Binance Futures Trading Tournament results and insights. About 11,000 people participate in our competitions every day, with prizes reaching 100,000 USD in BNB tokens. Read this blog to learn some tips and tricks from top traders.

4. A comprehensive report on liquidation & insurance funds. This recent two-part series from Binance Futures discusses how insurance funds and liquidations work on crypto futures trading, as well as why Binance’s system is more protective of its users than other exchanges. Read more: Part 1 | Part 2

5. Updates for Binance Futures: stop order optimizations, cross collateral (grey release), and more.

6. Binance Futures is now on TradingView

Binance Exchange Updates

7. Binance Launchpad’s first project for 2020: WazirX. The token sale for India's most trusted bitcoin exchange with the world’s first auto-matching P2P (peer-to-peer) engine starts February 3. Learn more about the project through this report from Binance Research.

8. New listing: TokenClub (TCT). Trading pairs TCT/BNB, TCT/BTC, and TCT/USDT opened on January 21.

9. Binance launches Deposits Airdrop page. Get incentives for when you deposit a newly-listed token ahead of the start of trading.

10. Binance extends VIP Invitation Program. You have three more months to invite VIP traders to Binance. 

11. Binance Staking supports THETA staking. This launch also involves a 1 million THETA airdrop program. Meanwhile, we also completed distribution for the second batch of rewards for December 2019.

12. New updates for the Binance mobile app (iOS v2.7.0 & Android v1.18.0): Now with auto borrow and return functions.

13. Completed mainnet swaps for IOTX and WTC

14. Support for Harmony mainnet token swap.

15. Notice on Zilliqa mainnet token swap deadline

Binance Ecosystem Updates

16. Binance invests in Numbers blockchain protocol. We will work closely with Numbers, which aims to create an open, transparent, and traceable data system.

17. New articles from Binance Academy: Asset Allocation and Diversification Explained and Blockchain Oracles Explained. The Academy team also revamped our Beginner’s Guide to Cryptocurrency and collaborated with the Binance blog to address some FAQs about Bitcoin halving. In addition, the Binance Academy website underwent some revamps.

18. New report from Binance Research: Annual Crypto-Correlations Review. BNB is the best-performing asset of 2019, while Bitcoin increased its market dominance.

19. Binance Charity mobilizes for action on coronavirus epidemic after Binance pledges $1.5 million in support. Binance CEO CZ (Changpeng Zhao) confirmed that Binance Charity has been busy the past few days in the effort.

From the Binance Team

20. Binance Charity Head Helen Hai discussed our philanthropy arm’s partnership with NASDAQ.

Binance Community

21. January 24: Benin, Nigeria (Binance Academy Masterclass)

22. New communities on Telegram for our Greek and Croatian Binancians. 

#UseBNB, #UseBUSD, and More Crypto Adoption

23. Automatic wire transfer funds for BUSD. Paxos, our fiat partner, has launched automatic conversions between bank deposits and BUSD (and PAX) stablecoin deposits.

24. #UseBNB on vending machines in Hong Kong. Special thanks to ivendPay for this new use case.

Binance Promos

25. $100,000 WazirX Bounty Program. This is the first bounty program for a Binance Launchpad project. Earn WRX tokens by fulfilling various bounty tasks. 

26. Binance NFT Promo for Lunar New Year. With our recently-concluded promo, you can get a chance to win a limited-edition Binance NFT. We got more than 55,000 applicants for this, so thank you for all your support.

27. 10 BUSD Promo for Buying Crypto with Visa. We offer the lowest fees for buying crypto using a Visa card.

28. Review Trust Wallet to earn BUSD. Join our Trust Wallet survey to get a chance to be one of the 5 winners of 20 BUSD.

29. DappReview launches new NFTs. The newest member of the Binance family is giving away limited-edition NFTs for those who join our promo here.

That’s a wrap for last week! Please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. Join our official Binance Telegram group to talk with our community. And happy Lunar New Year to all!