Binance a tenté d'offrir un poste à Gary Genslar en 2018, signale des allégations

• Binance a tenté d'offrir un rôle consultatif à l'actuel président de la Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) au cours de la période 2018-2019.
• The exchange’s executives met with Gary Genslar for the first time in October 2018, when Genslar was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Le PDG de l'échange, Changpeng Zhao, a de nouveau rencontré Genslar en 2019 à Tokyo, mais ce dernier a refusé de rejoindre l'échange.
• Un rapport du WSJ affirme que la bourse a établi sa branche américaine uniquement pour échapper à toute surveillance réglementaire aux États-Unis.

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The world’s biggest crypto exchange by trading volume, Binance, has come under the media spotlight following the collapse of former rival crypto exchange FTX under the leadership of Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF in the crypto space. Interestingly, a report claims that the leading exchange tried to hire the current Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Genslar, in 2018 but was unable to do so. 

Selon un rapport du Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Binance a approché Genslar, qui est également l'ancien président de la Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), alors qu'il enseignait au Massachusetts Institute of Technology en 2018 et 2019. Le rapport du WSJ cité des messages et des documents de 2018 et 2020, ainsi que des entretiens avec d'anciens employés, comme source d'information. 

Additionally, the report also claims that Genslar met with Ella Zhang, then head of Binance’s venture investing arm, and Harry Zhou, co-founder of Binance-invested firm Koi Trading, in October 2018 regarding the exchange’s offer. However, the SEC chair declined their offers. In a chat, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ in the crypto space, wrote: 

“I observe that while Gensler declined advisor-ship, he was generous in sharing license strategies.”

As per a Binance employee, Gensler would be “likely back in a regulator seat if Dems win the 2020 election.” Interestingly, a second meeting between Genslar and Zhao took place in March 2019 in Tokyo. Finally, in April 2021, Genslar became the SEC Chair after declining several offers by companies regarding an advisory position during his time as an MIT professor. 

The report also highlighted the relationship between Binance and the exchange’s US subsidiary, Binance.US. WSJ claims that the executives at the exchange took several steps to mitigate the risks associated with the US arm after they realized that regulators might step in to tame the industry. One of the steps was the creation of a US entity so that any regulatory oversight might be subjected to Binance.US and the parent entity would remain secure from any trouble. 

The report claims that in a report called “Insulate Binance from US Enforcement,” the exchange decided that it would have only a “purely contractual” relationship with the US arm to prevent a US regulatory crackdown, positioning the US arm as a separate operation. A spokesperson from the exchange told Coin Telegraph: 

“When Binance.US was founded, there was an agreement with the Binance.com tech team to build out the tech infrastructure and provide other forms of support for the new US-regulated exchange. […] It was a white label service that supported other exchanges. That is why you’re seeing these old communications between members of the two organizations.”

The exchange further noted that “while growing at such a rapid pace, we made some initial missteps which have now been rectified. Following a massive investment in compliance talent, processes, and technology over the past two years, we are a very different company today when it comes to compliance.”

Comme indiqué précédemment par Bitnation, la principale bourse a récemment déclaré qu'elle ne prévoyait aucun licenciement, mettant fin à ces rumeurs. Un responsable a confirmé que l'échange embauchait près de 500 postes et a confirmé que ils doivent être pourvus au premier semestre 2023. Furthermore, three United States senators, led by Elizabeth Warren, have sent a letter to CZ and Binance.US CEO Brian Shroder expressed his concerns regarding the companies’ activities. 

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