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| March 2025 | The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump family, through World Liberty Financial, was in talks to acquire a stake in Binance's US arm, coinciding with Zhao's efforts to receive a presidential pardon. |
| March 12 2025 | Abu Dhabi government-backed MGX Fund Management Limited made a $2 billion minority investment in Binance. |
| January 2025 | French authorities opened a judicial investigation into Binance for potential involvement in money laundering, drug trafficking, and tax fraud spanning from 2019 to 2024. |
| January 2025 | French judicial authorities launched a formal investigation into Binance, examining potential involvement in money laundering, drug trafficking, and tax fraud within the European Union from 2019 to 2024. |
| 2024 | The Wall Street Journal reported that Binance fired several members of its internal investigation team who were investigating market manipulation, after finding potential misconduct by VIP client DWF Labs. |
| November 2024 | FTX filed a lawsuit against Binance Holdings Ltd. and its executives, seeking to recover nearly $1.8 billion related to a July 2021 stock repurchase transaction. |
| September 2024 | Zhao was released from prison. |
| June 2024 | Binance was fined US$ 2.25 million by the Financial Intelligence Unit for operating in India in violation of local anti-money laundering regulations. |
| May 2024 | FINTRAC imposed a $4.32 million fine on Binance for violating Canadian money laundering and terrorist financing laws. |
| May 2024 | Binance CEO Richard Teng claimed Nigerian officials sought a bribe in cryptocurrency, which the country's House of Representatives denied as an attempt to divert attention from criminal allegations against the company. |
| April 2024 | Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison after pleading guilty to violating U.S. money laundering laws. |
| March 2024 | Nadeem Anjarwalla escaped custody from Nigerian authorities. |
| March 25 2024 | The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) moves to block Binance's website, citing concerns over investor fund security and Binance's operation without necessary licensing. |
| March 8 2024 | Binance disabled its Naira services in Nigeria amid ongoing regulatory issues. |
| February 2024 | Planned conclusion of the migration from Binance USD (BUSD) to First Digital USD (FDUSD). |
| February 28 2024 | Two Binance executives, Nadeem Anjarwalla and Tigran Gambaryan, were detained by Nigerian authorities on allegations of illegal operations and forex manipulation. |
| January 31 2024 | Binance was sued by US victims of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel in Manhattan federal court for allegedly facilitating Hamas's terrorist activities. |
| January 12 2024 | Binance application was removed from iStore and Google Play Store in India, preventing Indian crypto investors from using the platform. |
| November 2023 | SEC begins issuing warnings to Binance about operating without proper licensing in the Philippines. |
| November 2023 | Binance pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court to money laundering, unlicensed money transmitting, and sanctions violations. |
| November 21 2023 | A US judge convicted Binance on multiple charges including Bank Secrecy Act violations, money laundering, and sanctions violations. Changpeng Zhao stepped down as CEO, paying a $50 million fine, and was succeeded by Richard Teng. |
| September 12 2023 | Binance.US announced the resignation of CEO Brian Shroder and a reduction of its workforce by around 100 positions. |
| September 1 2023 | Binance formally announced the discontinuation of its proprietary stablecoin BUSD and advised users to migrate to First Digital USD (FDUSD). |
| July 2023 | Several senior executives resigned from Binance, with reports suggesting significant global workforce reductions. |
| June 2023 | Paris prosecutor's office announced a preliminary investigation into Binance for illegal client canvassing and money-laundering. |
| June 2023 | The FCA canceled unused permissions for Binance Markets Limited, effectively preventing the company from providing regulated activities and products in the UK. |
| June 2023 | Binance announced its departure from the Netherlands after failing to obtain regulatory approval. |
| June 2023 | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Binance and Zhao on 13 charges for alleged violations of US securities rules. |
| June 2023 | Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission declared Binance's activities in the country as 'illegal', instructing Binance Nigeria Limited to cease all operations. |
| June 23 2023 | Belgium's Financial Services and Markets Authority ordered Binance to immediately stop offering virtual currency services in the country, citing that the company was providing services from outside the European Economic Area. |
| May 2023 | Binance announced its withdrawal from the Canadian market due to the introduction of stricter regulatory rules. |
| May 2023 | Thailand's Ministry of Finance granted a cryptocurrency exchange license to Gulf Binance, a joint venture between Binance and Gulf Innova, with plans to launch later in the year. |
| May 30 2023 | The Ontario Securities Commission issued an investigation order into potential circumvention of securities law and compliance controls by Binance prior to its market withdrawal. |
| May 18 2023 | Binance Australia announced losing access to Australia's PayID payment system due to a third-party payment service provider's decision. On the same day, Westpac bank banned Australian customers from transacting with Binance. |
| April 6 2023 | The Australian Securities & Investments Commission cancelled the Australian financial services licence held by Oztures Trading Pty Ltd trading as Binance Australia Derivatives. |
| March 27 2023 | The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a lawsuit against Binance and Zhao in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, claiming willful evasion of US law and breaching derivatives rules. |
| March 1 2023 | US Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, and Roger Marshall wrote a letter to Binance describing the exchange as a 'hotbed of illegal financial activity'. |
| February 2023 | The New York Department of Financial Services issued an order to Paxos to stop minting new BUSD tokens. |
| January 2023 | Bloomberg reported that Binance-Peg BUSD was often undercollateralized between 2020 and 2021, with the gap between reserves and supply exceeding $1 billion on three separate occasions. |
| 2022 | BUSD became the third largest stablecoin by market capitalization, following Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC). |
| December 2022 | Binance.US announced a $1.02 billion deal to acquire Voyager Digital's assets, which was later called off in April 2023. |
| December 28 2022 | Financial Intelligence Unit (India) recommended blocking the URLs of nine crypto entities, including Binance, for non-compliance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. |
| November 30 2022 | Binance purchased Sakura Exchange, allowing the company to re-enter the Japanese cryptocurrency market. |
| November 8 2022 | Binance offered to buy FTX's non-US operations to help cover its liquidity crunch, but backed out the next day due to concerns about FTX's business practices. |
| October 2022 | Binance invested US$500 million towards Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter and announced a team to explore blockchain and cryptocurrency applications for the platform. |
| August 2022 | India's Enforcement Directorate froze the assets of WazirX, a crypto exchange owned by Binance, as part of a money laundering investigation. |
| June 2022 | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission launched an enquiry into Binance to determine if the company's 2017 ICO of BNB tokens amounted to an illegal sale of a security. |
| June 13 2022 | Binance temporarily suspended bitcoin withdrawals due to cryptocurrency value declines, resuming them two hours later. |
| May 2022 | Binance gained regulatory approval in France, becoming the first cryptocurrency exchange to receive such approval in a European country. |
| May 27 2022 | Binance announced the registration of its legal entity in Italy and plans to open offices in the country, also seeking registration in other European countries. |
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