BINANCE (BNB)
Binance
Holdings Ltd., branded Binance, is a global company that operates the largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of daily trading volume of cryptocurrencies.
Binance
was founded in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao, a developer who had previously created high-frequency trading software.
Binance
was initially based in China, then moved to Japan shortly before the Chinese government restricted cryptocurrency companies.
Binance
subsequently left Japan for Malta and currently has no official company headquarters.
In 2021,
Binance
was put under investigation by both the United States Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service on allegations of money laundering and tax offenses.
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority ordered
Binance
to stop all regulated activity in the United Kingdom in June 2021.
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