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Binance to Exit Russia With Sale to New Crypto Exchange CommEX
  + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Binance to Exit Russia With Sale to New Crypto Exchange CommEXOperating in Russia isn't "compatible with Binance's compliance strategy," the crypto exchange said. (Gabby Jones/Bloomberg News)Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is exiting Russia by selling its operations there to a new crypto exchange known as CommEX. “As we look toward the future, we recognize that operating in Russia is not compatible with Binance's compliance strategy,” said Noah Perlman, Binance's chief compliance officer.
Persons: Gabby Jones, , Noah Perlman Organizations: Russia, New Crypto, Bloomberg Locations: Russia
Binance to sell Russia business for undisclosed amount
  + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said on Wednesday it will sell its Russia business to newly-launched exchange CommEX, becoming the latest company to pull out of Moscow since the country began its war against Ukraine. Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, did not disclose financial details of the deal. The company said it will have no ongoing revenue split from the sale, nor will it maintain an option to buy back shares in the business. Binance also said that all the assets of its existing Russian users were safe and that there will be an orderly process for the migration of users. CommEX is a centralized cryptocurrency exchange backed by crypto venture capitalists, according to its website.
Persons: Binance, Noah Perlman Organizations: Ukraine, Binance, Renault, Shell, Kremlin Locations: Russia, Moscow, Ukraine, McDonald's
The exchange offers spot and derivatives trading and a host of services from non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to crypto loans and asset management. FINANCESBinance's global trading platform, Binance.com, is by far the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange. Last year it processed crypto trades worth about $65 billion a day, Binance said, dominating the crypto trading landscape with more than half of the market, CryptoCompare data shows. Binance last year extended its reach beyond the crypto sector in 2022, investing $500 million in Tesla boss Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter. A top Binance executive told the Wall Street Journal in February that the company expected to pay penalties to resolve U.S. investigations.
Persons: Changpeng Zhao, Binance, Zhao, Yi He, Yi, Noah Perlman, Morgan Stanley, Richard Teng, Teng, Elon Musk's, Cristiano Ronaldo, Tom Wilson, Hannah Lang, Marguerita Choy, Nick Zieminski Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, U.S . Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Binance, Reuters, Twitter, Lazio, Argentina national, of Nations, U.S, Justice, Wall Street, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON, U.S, Shanghai, Tokyo, Malta, Cayman Islands, Canadian, China, United States, Italian, London, Washington
The US may not embrace crypto, but it needs clear regulation, Chainalysis' policy head told Insider. The CFTC recently sued Binance, whose compliance head critized regulators at an industry event. Chainalysis' policy head says Congress needs to pass crypto-specific legislation. Similar complaints abounded throughout the Links conference, an industry event recently held by Chainalysis in New York. She pointed to other areas, including Dubai and Switzerland, that have created policy frameworks specifically for digital assets, including crypto.
Binance compliance chief Noah Perlman said the crypto ‘regulation by enforcement’ approach taken in the U.S. is often difficult to navigate. NEW YORK— Noah Perlman , the newly hired global chief compliance officer at Binance Holdings Ltd., said the regulatory environment for the cryptocurrency industry has made his job one of the “most challenging opportunities in compliance.”Mr. Perlman, speaking at a crypto industry conference on Tuesday, said it has been difficult to navigate the often opaque rules governing the crypto industry without being on the wrong side of the regulators.
LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) - The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao have been sued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over regulatory violations, according to a court filing on Monday. The exchange offers spot and derivatives trading and a host of services from non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to crypto loans and asset management. FINANCESBinance's global trading platform, Binance.com, is by far the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange. Last year it processed crypto trades worth about $65 billion a day, Binance said, dominating the crypto trading landscape with more than half of the market, CryptoCompare data shows. Binance last year extended its reach beyond the crypto sector in 2022, investing $500 million in Tesla boss Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter.
Binance Hires Gemini Executive as Chief Compliance Officer
  + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Mengqi Sun | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +2 min
Binance said Noah Perlman has joined as its chief compliance officer from rival Gemini Trust Co., as the cryptocurrency exchange continues to beef up its legal and compliance team amid regulatory scrutiny. Mr. Perlman joined Binance last month after serving as Gemini’s chief operating officer for more than two years. He joined Gemini as its chief compliance officer in 2019. Mr. Perlman’s appointment ends a monthslong search for a compliance chief at Binance, which over the past year or so has been bolstering its compliance team head count. Binance Chief Executive Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, said on Twitter in September that the exchange planned to hire a few hundred more compliance people.
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