Binance US naj bi zaključil krog velikega financiranja

The United States affiliate of global crypto exchange, Binance is expected to close a funding round, raising a ‘couple hundred million’, the Binance Founder and CEO, Changpeng Zhao said on Friday.

Čeprav je Zhao dejal, da se ne zaveda natančnega števila, ko je govoril na Bloombergovem forumu za novo gospodarstvo, bi lahko uradna potrditev kroga financiranja prišla čez "približno mesec ali dva". Binance US je prej razkril, da išče vsaj 100 milijonov USD v krogu financiranja.

Earlier this year, Zhao revealed that Binance US is considering the possibility of going public through an initial public offering (IPO) route, especially after rival Coinbase listed itself on Nasdaq. He is not even ruling out the possibility of the parent company in the future.

“[From] an IPO perspective, it’s probably best to have a few rounds of financing before that,” Zhao added. However, he confirmed that he only sits as the Chair of the Binance US board and is not involved in the US exchange’s day-to-day operations.

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Binance is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of the trading volume. The spot trading volume on the exchange touched $789 billion in September, according to CryptoCompare. Morever, Zhao confirmed that the exchange is making ‘pretty much’ billions of dollars in profits, but did not provide any number.

Dejal je celo, da Binance kot dobičkonosna borza zdaj razmišlja o tem, da bi nelojalno znižal svoje tekmece v smislu provizij za trgovanje.

Binance se je v začetku tega leta soočil s kritičnim regulativnim nadzorom, saj je deloval v več jurisdikcijah brez pridobitve ustreznih dovoljenj. Številni regulatorji so borzo označili z rdečo zastavo, nekaj pa je celo sprejelo izvršilne ukrepe.

Zhao said that the exchange is now in talks with regulatorji and will soon announce the location of its headquarters.

"Hočemo ureditev, nisem popoln libertarec, nisem anarhist," je dejal.