Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said Friday that the US subsidiary of Binance has raised $200 million in a funding round, which is set to close within a month or two, and the international cryptocurrency exchange has decided to set up a new headquarters.
Speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, CZ stated that the mum or dad company's US subsidiary has the alternative to go for an preliminary public imparting (IPO) in the manner of its rival Coinbase, and that he does no longer rule out checklist the mother or father employer in the future as well.
During the same event, CZ stated:
"I think it is two hundred million dollars," he said, adding that he did not recognize the precise range of the proposed new funding and from an IPO perspective, you'd better have a few rounds of funding earlier than that.
Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges by using trading volume, has come beneath scrutiny by way of regulators, with some banning the platform and others warning that it is now not licensed to operate.
Binance, along with different cryptocurrency exchanges, has considered trading volumes upward jostle as the charge of digital assets, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and different smaller tokens, have boomed, finding greater mainstream acceptance.
According to British research platform CryptoCompare, the total trading volumes of spot cryptocurrencies on Binance totaled $789 billion in September and $454 billion in July.
When requested if his organisation is making billions of dollars in profits, "CZ" answered mostly yes except supplying a unique number.
He also said that for the reason that Binance was in a for-profit position, it would probable charge less than competitors and that used to be some thing Binance was considering.
Speaking about the trouble of multiplied regulatory scrutiny and challenge about the risks that retail traders are uncovered to in the cryptocurrency markets, CZ reiterated his position that his organisation is in regular talks with regulators, and said:
CZ additionally said that Binance will announce very soon the place the enterprise has decided to discover its headquarters and communicate its format to regulators first.
