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Binance
Binance is the largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, founded in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao.
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“Binance Holdings Ltd., branded Binance, is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of daily trading volume of cryptocurrencies. Binance was founded in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao.”
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Trading Venues & Brokerage
CoinPaprika Finds a Sevenfold Gap in Bitcoin's Volume
A single day's trading data put Bitcoin's reported volume nearly seven times above the market's real turnover, raising doubts about September's record rebound.
Capital Markets & Treasury
The Crypto Brief, Oct. 18: Nine Firms Resist Tokens
Nine companies blocked OKXICE from tokenizing their stock this week, while Circle, Hacken and Cardano's founder each made their own case in public.
Stablecoins & Payments
Jeremy Allaire Pitches Circle's Arc as Money for Machines
Circle's chief executive told a16z crypto, which led Arc's token presale, that AI will likely be the chain's main users.
Trading Venues & Brokerage
Musk's Flying Car Sends Crypto Traders Into Overdrive
A car that flies moved more crypto money than any blockchain news did Friday.
Layer 1s & Infrastructure
CZ Doubts Solana Organizers After Shanghai Police Visit
Binance's CZ questioned Solana's planning after police visited its first Shanghai tour stop this week.
Capital Markets & Treasury
Ondo Hits $4 Billion; Meet the Team Behind Its Stocks
Ondo's $4 billion checks out on RWA.xyz. Ian De Bode, Ben Grossman and colleagues built the stock tokens behind its newest growth.
Executive Hires
Solana Foundation Names Rachel Conlan Strategy Chief
Solana Foundation hired former Binance marketing chief Rachel Conlan as chief strategy officer on September 24, 2026, as the network pushes to bring institutional payments and tokenized assets onchain.
CEO Changes
Felix Fan Succeeds Eowyn Chen as Trust Wallet CEO
Trust Wallet's chief executive handover came 49 days after a poisoned Chrome extension drained 2,520 wallets, and the successor ran product at OKX.
CEO Changes
Josh Swihart Quits Electric Coin Company With Its Whole Team
Electric Coin Company's chief executive announced on Jan. 7, 2026 that its entire team had left the nonprofit that governed it.
CEO Changes
Torab Torabi Takes Movement After a $38 Million Token Dump
Torab Torabi became chief executive of Move Industries on May 7, 2025, a week after CoinDesk's token-dump report, and the dispute over who answers for the launch has since reached Delaware's courts.
Executive Hires
DeFi Development Corp Names John Han Chief Financial Officer
GlobeNewswire reported on April 23, 2025, that DeFi Development Corporation appointed Fei 'John' Han chief financial officer, a role he took after serving as CFO at Provable and holding senior finance posts at Binance.
CEO Changes
io.net's Tory Green Trades the CEO Job for Foundation Chair
io.net announced on April 23, 2025, that co-founder Tory Green would chair the io.net Foundation while chief technology officer Gaurav Sharma took over as chief executive.
Executive Hires
Bitget Names Min Lin Chief Business Officer
Bitget appointed former Binance Latin America vice president Min Lin as chief business officer on October 28, 2024, the same day it said it served over 45 million users.
CEO Changes
Gracy Chen Succeeds Sandra Lou as Bitget CEO
Bitget's managing director became CEO on May 21, 2024, when Sandra Lou left.
Board Seats
CZ Steps Down as Binance.US Board Chairman
Changpeng Zhao stepped down as chairman of Binance.US's board of directors on Nov. 28, 2023, days after settling criminal charges with the U.S. Justice Department over Binance's global exchange.
CEO Changes
Richard Teng Replaces Changpeng Zhao as Binance Pleads Guilty
Binance named Richard Teng CEO on Nov. 21, 2023, the day Changpeng Zhao stepped down and both pleaded guilty.
CEO Changes
CZ Steps Down as Binance Chief Executive
Changpeng Zhao stepped down as Binance CEO on November 21, 2023, naming Richard Teng as his successor the same day he pleaded guilty to U.S. criminal charges.
Executive Hires
Binance Names Eleanor Hughes General Counsel
Binance appointed Eleanor Hughes general counsel on July 13, 2023, putting her in charge of an 85-lawyer legal team as the exchange faced what Bloomberg Law called a web of regulatory probes.
Exits and Removals
Patrick Hillmann Leaves Binance Eight Days Before 1,000 Jobs Go
Patrick Hillmann, Binance's chief strategy officer, announced his exit on July 6, 2023, and CoinDesk reported on July 14 that the exchange had cut more than 1,000 jobs.
CEO Changes
John J. Ray III Replaces Sam Bankman-Fried at FTX
John J. Ray III became FTX's chief executive at about 4:30 a.m. EST on Nov. 11, 2022 and filed for Chapter 11 that day.
Executive Hires
Binance Names Co-Founder Yi He Head of Binance Labs
Binance put co-founder Yi He in charge of its $7.5 billion venture arm Binance Labs on August 3, 2022, a role chief executive Changpeng Zhao said matched her founding-team history with the unit.
CEO Changes
Sean Ford Replaces Steven Kokinos as Algorand Inc. Interim CEO
Algorand's chief operating officer became interim CEO on July 27, 2022, when Steven Kokinos left.
Executive Hires
Gemini Names Pravjit Tiwana Chief Technology Officer
Gemini's co-founders welcomed Pravjit Tiwana as chief technology officer on January 24, 2022, a hire Crowdfund Insider independently reported the next day, and Bloomberg reported his exit 22 months later.
CEO Changes
Binance.US Promotes Brian Shroder to Chief Executive
Binance.US promoted president Brian Shroder to chief executive on Oct. 8, 2021, after predecessor Brian Brooks left following four months in the job, and named Eric Segal interim chief financial officer the same day.
Executive Hires
Injective Labs Names Brandon Ferrick First General Counsel
Injective Labs hired Sullivan & Cromwell associate Brandon Ferrick as its first general counsel, Bloomberg Law reported Sept. 3, 2021, giving the decentralized trading protocol its first in-house lawyer.
CEO Changes
Brian Brooks Resigns as Binance.US Chief Executive
Brian Brooks announced on X on August 6, 2021, that he had resigned as Binance.US chief executive after four months, citing differences over strategic direction.
Exits and Removals
Wei Zhou Leaves Binance as Chief Financial Officer
Wei Zhou, Binance's chief financial officer, left the exchange on June 9, 2021, after nearly three years.
CEO Changes
CoinMarketCap's Interim CEO Carylyne Chan Departs
Carylyne Chan left CoinMarketCap on Aug. 30, 2020, and CoinDesk reported the next day that four more executives left the Binance-owned site the same week.
Executive Hires
Gemini Names Noah Perlman Chief Compliance Officer
Tyler Winklevoss announced on September 4, 2019, that Noah Perlman had joined Gemini as chief compliance officer, a hire Compliance Week independently reported the next day.
Institutional Custody & Asset Management
Christopher Giancarlo Lets Bitcoin Futures Self-Certify
The CFTC let CME and Cboe list bitcoin futures on Dec. 1, 2017, and a court cited that market to overturn the SEC's Grayscale denial.
Security & Incident Response
Tigran Gambaryan Seizes 69,370 Bitcoin, Then Nigeria Seizes Him
IRS agent Tigran Gambaryan traced corrupt agents, BTC-e and Welcome to Video, then spent eight months held in Nigeria as a Binance executive.