Binance's Powerful Co-founder Yi He Breaks Silence Amidst Regulatory Turmoil

cryptonews.com:

Despite a long history spent away from the public spotlight, Binance co-founder and senior executive Yi He is finally speaking up as two of the United States’ chief market regulators sue her company.

In an interview with Bloomberg last month in Dubai, she argued that Binance is a greater ally to regulatory compliance than virtually any other company in the global crypto industry. 

“If they really took the time to understand our industry, they would see that if Binance isn’t compliant, then practically no other global trading platform or offshore company is,” she said. 

He’s comments came two months after the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) lawsuit against her exchange, right before another case from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this month.Both lawsuits alleged that Binance engaged in forms of market manipulation while also secretly serving customers within the United States from its international platform, among other things. Despite their long list of accusations, the co-founder respects the attitude of regulators. “I understand that the overall intention of regulation is good in order to protect investors,” she said.

Binance handles more than half of the global crypto trading volume, yet much of the company’s operations are shrouded in mystery, from its ownership structure to its financial health. Nevertheless, He asserts that Binance is more transparent than critics say, and is cooperating with U.S. regulators – though Washington authorities have disputed this. She declined to respond to accusations that market makers affiliated with Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) artificially pumped token volumes on Binance, or that the exchange commingled client assets. 

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