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    Binance Holdings Ltd., branded Binance, is a cryptocurrency exchange. Changpeng Zhao founded it in 2017. Richard Teng and Yi He are its co-CEOs.

    binance.com
    Co-CEO, with Yi He
    Richard Teng

    Leadership

    Richard Teng, Co-CEO, with Yi He. Richard Teng is co-chief executive officer of Binance, with Yi He.

    Key facts

    Founded
    July 2017source
    Employees
    5,000 (2025)source
    Revenue
    US$12 billion (2022)source
    Guilty plea and fine
    21 November 2023: pleaded guilty to violating U.S. anti-money laundering rules and paid a $4.3 billion finesource
    Theft
    Hackers drained more than $6 billion from Binance on October 29source
    Recovery
    Reopened withdrawals and said it replenished about 95% of the affected assetssource
    Attribution
    The theft was attributed by the FBI to North Korea's TraderTraitor groupsource

    WYDE coverage of Binance

    WYDE Newsroom has published 13 articles about Binance, from Jun 27, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026. Binance is the subject of 12 stories and an investor in 1 story. The most recent is Binance Hack Report: Fake Job Interview and Tampered Homebrew Download Led to $6.34 Billion Theft.

    Crypto & DeFi

    Binance Hack Report: Fake Job Interview and Tampered Homebrew Download Led to $6.34 Billion Theft

    Binance's initial report traces the Oct. 29 attack to a tampered developer download in June and a fake job interview in September. It says $2.85 billion is frozen, 98% of affected tokens are replenished, and the FBI points to North Korea.

    Nov 4, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals as $40 Million Hack Estimate Stays Unconfirmed

    Brazil's largest crypto exchange paused deposits and withdrawals. The more than $40 million estimate across at least 10 blockchains remains unconfirmed. The halt came four days after the Binance theft, and Mercado Bitcoin has not linked the two incidents.

    Nov 2, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story

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    Oct 31, 2026 · 8 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    Binance Hack: Estimated $6.3 Billion Impact, About $3 Billion Frozen On-Chain

    Binance says early findings point to a compromised engineer's laptop and that user funds are safe. Tether and Circle froze more than $2.3 billion in stablecoins, and the final amount stolen is not yet confirmed.

    Oct 30, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story

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    Sep 26, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    US Prosecutors Probe Binance Over Iran Sanctions Three Years After Its $4.3 Billion Plea

    The Manhattan US Attorney's Office and the DOJ Criminal Division are examining whether Binance knowingly allowed Iran-linked trades, nearly three years after the exchange's $4.316 billion guilty plea and compliance monitor.

    Sep 22, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    Binance Buys a $100 Million Stake in Circle to Push USDC Across Emerging Markets

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    Sep 22, 2026 · 2 min read · Investor

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    Sep 11, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story

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    Jul 18, 2026 · 6 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    Senators Press AG Nominee Todd Blanche on Crypto Enforcement and the Binance Pardon

    Todd Blanche's Senate confirmation hearing put the disbanded DOJ crypto enforcement unit and the Changpeng Zhao Binance pardon at center stage, with Democrats and Republicans both pressing the acting attorney general.

    Jul 16, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

    WYDE Weekly

    The rails went public, Wall Street rang the NYSE bell, and Swift and Kelce sent $26M to food banks. 60,000 meals.

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    Jul 3, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    Europe's MiCA Deadline Arrives, Forcing Unlicensed Crypto Firms to Wind Down

    The EU's July 1 MiCA deadline ended the transitional regime across all 27 member states, and industry executives estimate up to 80 percent of Europe's roughly 3,000 pre-MiCA crypto firms may not continue.

    Jul 1, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    Binance Will Halt Some EU Services After Failing to Secure a MiCA License

    The world's largest crypto exchange told users in France, Italy, Spain, and Poland it will suspend some services before the July 1 MiCA deadline, after withdrawing its license application in Greece, and now plans to seek approval in France.

    Jun 27, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

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