On November 21, 2023, The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced settlement agreements with Binance Holdings Limited (“Binance”), the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and Changpeng Zhao (affectionally known as “CZ” in the cryptocurrency industry), the exchange’s founder and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). Under these agreements, Binance and CZ each agreed to plead guilty to a variety of offenses in order to resolve the ongoing investigations. Binance plead guilty to violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”), failure See more +
In this Episode, Matt Stankiewicz and Michael Volkov discuss the Binance settlement and the implications for the cryptocurrency industry. See less –