Binance weighs US strategy as billionaire Zhao regains clout
Binance has positioned Yi He’s promotion, who is Zhao’s partner, as a sign of stability CHANGPENG Zhao has unfinished business. The billionaire co-founder of Binance has stepped back into…
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Pakistan to allow Binance to explore ‘tokenisation’ of up to US$2 billion of assets
The move comes as other countries expand formal licensing rules for crypto exchanges amid broader global regulatory tightening Pakistan has signed a memorandum of understanding with crypto…
Crypto exchange Binance gains regulatory win in Abu Dhabi
Binance Holdings has won three separate licenses from Abu Dhabi’s financial regulator, giving the crypto exchange giant one of its most comprehensive regulatory footholds yet. The…
How Zhao’s Binance aided Trump family crypto venture before pardon
In late October, US President Donald Trump pardoned crypto billionaire Zhao Changpeng, one of the industry’s most powerful men, after he mounted a months-long bid for clemency. Zhao…
Trump’s CZ Pardon Has the Crypto World Bracing for Impact
Changpeng Zhao, the multibillionaire founder of crypto exchange Binance, spent four months last year locked in a federal prison. After US president Donald Trump pardoned Zhao in October,…
Binance founder Zhao wins Trump pardon in latest clemency
The pardon has been widely anticipated by friends, associates and the cryptocurrency industry at large Binance co-founder Zhao Changpeng has received a pardon from US President Donald…
‘War on Crypto Is Over’: Donald Trump Pardons Binance Founder CZ
US president Donald Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, founder of the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance. Zhao, widely known as CZ, pleaded guilty in November 2023 to violating…
Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao
President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and served prison time after failing to stop criminals from…
Binance nears deal to escape compliance monitor imposed by DOJ
The Justice Department has not made a final decision on the monitorship, which has a three-year duration Binance Holdings, the world’s largest crypto exchange, is moving towards a…
Australia orders Binance audit after flagging ‘serious concerns’
Austrac has given the company 28 days to nominate auditors, from which the agency will make a selection Australia’s financial crimes agency ordered Binance Holdings’ local arm to…
As Binance stays and Tokenize leaves, Singapore’s crypto sector is seeing change
Tokenize Xchange announced on Sunday (Jul 20) that it would exit Singapore after failing to secure a Major Payment Institution (MPI) licence, typically necessary for digital token service…
Binance to keep hundreds of staff in Singapore despite crackdown
The world’s largest digital assets exchange Binance, plans to keep hundreds of remote workers in Singapore, despite a crackdown on unlicensed crypto outfits in the city-state. The Monetary…
US regulator drops lawsuit against Binance
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday dropped its civil lawsuit against the cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its majority shareholder, Changpeng Zhao. “In…
Trump-linked stablecoin used for Abu Dhabi’s US$2 billion Binance deal
World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s decentralised finance project, said its new stablecoin is being used for a US$2 billion investment in crypto exchange Binance Holdings…
Binance billionaire Zhao guides regulators to relax crypto rules
Crypto’s richest man, Changpeng Zhao, was in a playful mood as he addressed a packed house at the Ritz-Carlton in Kuala Lumpur, just seven months after his release from a low-security…
Binance Moved Fast, Broke Things—and Paid the Price. Richard Teng Is Cleaning Up
But do you expect to find it difficult to bring about a new era at Binance when the founder—who is synonymous with the company—remains the largest shareholder? We are very clear in terms…
The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison
Gambaryan says he wanted to hear Ogunjobi explain himself. On the phone, Gambaryan remembers, the EFCC official began crying, apologizing repeatedly, thanking God that Gambaryan had been…
FTX sues Binance and its former CEO for US$1.8 billion
COLLAPSED cryptocurrency company FTX is suing Binance and its former CEO Zhao Changpeng, alleging that US$1.8 billion was “fraudulently transferred” by FTX management to Binance and its…
Nigeria drops charges against Binance cryptocurrency boss
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has dropped a money-laundering case against a top cryptocurrency executive to allow him to get medical treatment abroad. Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen,…
Binance compliance chief denied bail in Nigeria money laundering case
BINANCE’S head of financial compliance was denied bail for a second time on Friday (Oct 11) as his trial on money laundering charges started in Nigeria, with a judge ruling that the prison…
Binance founder Zhao released from US custody: Bloomberg
BINANCE founder Zhao Changpeng was released from a correctional facility in California on Friday (Sep 27), Bloomberg News reported, citing a spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons. Former…