Five major stories made headlines in crypto this past week. Binance.US has been rocked by staff departures as regulators expressed concerns, while CoinEx was hacked for $55 million by the North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus Group. Meanwhile, the SEC has charged a star-studded NFT project for an unregistered offering as the bankruptcy cases for FTX and DCG drag on. 

Let’s take a closer look at each story in this recap. 

Binance.US rocked by departures

In a significant organizational shift, Binance.US reduced its staff by one third, and Brian Shroder, the president and CEO of the company, departed in order to take “a deserved break,” according to CZ. This was followed by the exit of the head legal executive and the chief risk officer. 

Amidst these departures, Binance …