Binance annonce la réouverture des opérations en Belgique
- Binance a annoncé qu'elle rouvrirait ses opérations pour ses utilisateurs en Belgique via une publication sur X.
- L'échange a déclaré qu'il prendrait désormais en charge l'enregistrement de nouveaux utilisateurs.
- L'Autorité belge des services et marchés financiers a demandé à la bourse de mettre fin à ses opérations en juillet 2023.
- L'échange a été accusé d'avoir violé les lois sur la lutte contre le blanchiment d'argent et le financement du terrorisme en vigueur dans le pays.
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has announced the reopening of its operations in Belgium, and now users can begin with registrations and access to the crypto trading platform’s products and services. Moreover, this statement comes almost three months after the exchange was ordered by the country’s finance regulator to cease cryptocurrency-related services.
Il est important de mentionner ici qu'en juillet 2023, le régulateur financier du pays, l'Autorité belge des services et marchés financiers, accusé Binance of violating the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws present in the country, asking the exchange to cease all crypto-related services “with immediate effect.”
“We are delighted to announce that, as of today, new registrations of Belgian residents are welcome on our platform once again. In addition, various Binance products and services are accessible again to Belgian users who have accepted our new Terms of Use,” said the crypto exchange.
The regulator asked Binance to contact all its Belgium-based clients and return all crypto and private keys that it had stored. The regulatory action pushed the crypto exchange to divert its services for Belgians through Binance Poland sp. z o.o., the exchange’s registered arm in Poland. Interestingly, the firm registered its Polish arm in January this year.
On the other hand, Binance has announced that it will delist all the stablecoins in the European region by 2024 in order to comply with the European Union’s incoming Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) legislation, which was passed recently and will go into effect in 2024. However, crypto exchanges in the EU area are trying to acquire registrations and ramp up operations after the passing of the MiCA legislation.
De plus, Binance est confrontée à des mesures strictes de la part des régulateurs américains, la bourse licenciant plusieurs employés de sa branche américaine. De nombreux dirigeants ont également quitté l'entreprise, notamment le PDG Brian Shroden, nommé il n'y a pas si longtemps. Selon un précédent rapport de Bitnation, la principale bourse cherche à rejeter le procès intenté par la Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) des États-Unis également.