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Binance files for a pan-European MiCA license in Greece, where it has also set up a holding company (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/22/binance-files-for-crucial-eu-wide-license-creates-greek-holding-company/

Binance files for crucial EU-wide license, creates Greek holding company
The crypto firm has filed for a MiCA license with Greek regulators ahead of a critical summer deadline.

Families 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

Binance 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

Faced 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…

Trump says he has “no idea” who he just pardoned
President Trump reacts to condemnations of his recent pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao by claiming he doesn’t know who he is.

Source: Binance considers reintroducing stock tokens after removing them in 2021; OKX, Kraken, Bitget, and others are expanding their tokenized stock offerings (Yueqi Yang/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/crypto-exchanges-want…

Crypto Exchanges Want to Trade U.S. Stocks Everywhere
Some of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges are racing to let their customers trade crypto tokens that seek to track U.S. stocks, creating a parallel market that’s beyond the reach of U.S. regulators. Binance is exploring reintroducing stock tokens on its exchange after having removed them in ...

Investigation: 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

Binance allowed suspicious accounts to operate even after 2023 US plea agreement
Leaked files show continued activity despite links to terror networks, failed ID checks and other red flags

Sources: 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…

Binance 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/<…

Binance names cofounder Yi He as new co-CEO
Yi He has worked in crypto since the early days of the industry, and becomes one of only a handful of women to lead a crypto firm.

CoinDesk 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<…

When 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…

Trump Downplays Knowledge of Binance Chief After Pardon Linked to Family's Crypto Dealings
In a rare interview, Trump said he was told Changpeng Zhao was the victim of the Biden administration's “witch hunt” against crypto.