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CZ förnekar rapporter om att Binance kommer att ta bort amerikanska tokens

  • Amerikanska tillsynsmyndigheter undersöker förhållandet mellan Binance och Binance.US.
  • En Reuters-rapport hävdade att Binance.US överförde $400 miljoner till ett företag som drivs av Changpeng Zhao.

Binance CEO and founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has denied reports about the crypto exchange delisting all crypto tokens from the United States. Binance has faced increased scrutiny from regulators in the US in recent weeks, and a Bloomberg report claimed the exchange was set to part ways with its US partners.

Citing an unnamed source, Bloomberg wrote that Binance is “looking at whether to sever ties with intermediary firms such as banks and services firms and is reassessing venture-capital investments in the US.” The report suggested that Binance might delist tokens such as Circle’s USD coin. 

Changpeng Zhao labeled such reports “false,” and when a follower asked what a “U.S.-based token” was, the Binance boss remarked that “blockchain has no borders.” CZ later explained that Binance “pulled back on some potential investments or bids on bankrupt companies in the US for now.”

CZ recently tweeted that Binance planned to review projects in line with “ongoing regulatory uncertainty […] to ensure our users are insulated from any undue harm.” Earlier this week, news broke that Binance would possibly pay fines to resolve SEC investigations. Both the regulatory agency and the Justice Department are tittar på utbytet för eventuella brott mot amerikanska lagar mot penningtvätt.

Although Binance doesn’t offer services to Americans, the exchange has a sister company, Binance.US, which it claims operates independently. However, recent events have raised doubts about such claims. Reuters rapporterad torsdagen den 16 februari att Binance.US överförde $400 miljoner till ett handelsföretag som drivs av CZ i början av 2021, vilket återupplivade frågor om det amerikanska företagets autonomi.

Reuters claims that Catherine Coley, the then CEO of Binance US, said the transactions were “unexpected” and demanded an explanation. Coley resigned from her position as CEO a few months later. Interestingly, Brian Brooks also left his role as Binance.US CEO a few months into the job, blaming a lack of independence from CZ. 

Changpeng Zhao kan hamna i mer problem med amerikanska tillsynsmyndigheter om det visar sig att Binance kontrollerar sin amerikanska motsvarighet.

Lawrence Weriji
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Jag har täckt några spännande historier under min karriär som journalist och tycker att blockchain-relaterade historier är väldigt spännande. Jag tror att Web3 kommer att förändra världen och vill att alla ska vara en del av den.

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