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XION (XION), a blockchain focused on bridging Web2 and Web3, has announced that Anchorage Digital, the first and only federally chartered crypto bank, now supports its native token, as per the reports shared with Finbold on Thursday, March 20.  Anchorage’s decision follows XION’s milestone of becoming the first Title II-compliant Layer-1 (L1) blockchain and offers institutional asset holders a safe and regulated way to hold, stake, and trade XION. Institutional XION trading With XION integrated into Anchorage Digital, institutional investors can now seamlessly acquire, hold, and manage their assets without relying on traditional exchanges.  Picks for you Xandeum introduces pNodes, a storage scaling solution on Solana 2 hours ago VA...

One of the two Binance executives held in Nigeria has reportedly escaped from custody, according to a local media outlet .  Binance is the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume and has faced a rough time in Nigeria over the past several months. Binance exec escapes from Nigeria Details on Monday claimed that Nadeem Anjarwalla, a 38-year old UK national who has been in detention in Nigeria, escaped via a Middle-Eastern airline. He allegedly used a fake passport to board the flight on Friday, March 22. Sources familiar with the development say Anjarwalla made the escape after he was taken to a Mosque for prayers. Nadeem Anjarwalla, the regional manager for Binance in Africa and his colleague Tigran Gambaryan, head of criminal investigations at Binance, were arrested on February 26. Gambaryan is a US citizen. The two execs’ detention followed a crackdown on the Binance crypto exchange by the Nigerian government, amid allegations of ...