@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Binance has been exploring ways to reboot its Binance.US affiliate, including a recapitalization to cut CZ's stake, which is a hurdle to expansion (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-17/binan…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialInvestigation: $28B in crypto tied to illicit activity flowed into crypto exchanges like Binance over the last two years, as President Trump embraces crypto (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technology/crypto-exchanges-dirty-money.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCoinDesk Data: Binance's market share of spot crypto trading fell to 25% in December, its lowest since 2021, and it is also losing ground in derivatives trading (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20<…
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@cdarwin@c.imFaced with blowback over his pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao,
Donald Trump has offered a curious defense:
he doesn’t even know the guy.
Why Trump thinks this would somehow assuage fears that the pardon is improper is anyone’s guess.
https://www.citationneeded.news/trump-bi…
@servelan@newsie.socialDems want FCC probe of "60 Minutes" trimming Trump Binance pardon exchange
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/03/trump-60-minutes-editing-criticism-binance
@steve@s.yelvington.comJust another corrupt Trump crony getting a pardon.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/trump-pardons-binance-founder-changpeng-zhao/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBinance names co-founder Yi He as co-CEO alongside Richard Teng, making her one of the few women leading a crypto company; she also has children with ex-CEO CZ (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/12/03/binance-names-cofounder-yi-he-as-new-co-ceo/<…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-pardons-convicted-binance-founder-7509bd63
http://www.memeorandum.com/251023/p62#a251023p62
@servelan@newsie.social#autopen
Trump claims he doesn’t know who Binance founder is - despite pardoning him days ago: ‘I’d rather not have you ask the question’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-binance-pardon-60-minutes-interview-b2857141.html
@CerstinMahlow@mastodon.acm.orgI saw snippets of this “interview,” how much more does it need to remove Trump from the office as he is clearly unfit? It's much more than “I don’t care.” He won’t face any consequences as he will most probably be declared not responsible for his actions due to his mental-medical status. I just hope someone took the red button away from him and they only let him play with golden Lego bricks all day long
@cdarwin@c.imDonald Trump issued a pardon for the founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange on Thursday.
Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty in late 2023 to one count of failing to maintain an anti-money laundering program and stepped down as CEO of Binance,
which paid $4.3bn to settle related allegations.
He was sentenced to four months in prison.
Zhao, who is often referred to by his initials CZ, is one of the world’s richest people and biggest names in cryptocurrency.
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @Techmeme@techhub.socialBinance receives three licenses from Abu Dhabi's financial regulator, allowing comprehensive operations across its exchange, clearing, and brokerage arms (Alex Dooler/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-0…
@servelan@newsie.socialBinance helped Trump crypto company make billions. Then the president pardoned its jailed leader - but that’s not all: report | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-binance-pardon-cryptocurrency-b2855337.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialWhen asked about Changpeng Zhao's pardon on 60 Minutes, President Trump says "I don't know who he is" and "I heard it was a Biden witch hunt" (Vince Dioquino/Decrypt)
https://decrypt.co/347140/trump-downplays-knowledge-binan…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comBinance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/0aea27d8-89a8-4f33-8bfa-2441a16f2b4d
http://www.memeorandum.com/251124/p129#a251124p129
@Techmeme@techhub.socialKyrgyzstan launches a national stablecoin and a CBDC in partnership with Binance; CZ says a national cryptocurrency reserve includes Binance's BNB token (Aigerim Turgunbaeva/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFamilies of October 7 victims sue Binance and Changpeng Zhao in US federal court, alleging Binance facilitated millions in payments to Hamas after October 7 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/0aea27d8-89a8-4f33-8bfa-2441a16f2b4d
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow Changpeng Zhao's pardon frees him to refocus on reclaiming ground in the US market, where Binance.US only has a 0.75% share of bitcoin trading volume (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-24/bina…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialInvestigation: internal Binance files show it failed to stop hundreds of millions in crypto from flowing through suspicious accounts, even after a 2023 US deal (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5d8af345-d593-47b1-85ae-758ee60e9a89
@Techmeme@techhub.socialPresident Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family's World Liberty Financial (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/tru
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTrump's pardon of CZ is a gift to the crypto industry, which has spent heavily to ease regulations and rewrite history to remove associations with criminality (Max Chafkin/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters
