{"id":11754,"date":"2024-03-19T16:39:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/binance-urges-prime-brokers-to-tighten-client-checks-reports-bloomberg\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T16:39:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:39:53","slug":"binance-urges-prime-brokers-to-tighten-client-checks-reports-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/binance-urges-prime-brokers-to-tighten-client-checks-reports-bloomberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Binance Urges Prime Brokers to Tighten Client Checks, Reports Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has requested its prime brokers to enhance compliance checks for American clients to avoid interactions with them, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-03-19\/binance-tasks-prime-brokers-with-checks-to-root-out-us-investors\">Bloomberg<\/a>, citing its own sources.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2023, the platform settled claims with the U.S. Department of Justice, agreeing to pay $4.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>According to the publication&#8217;s sources, following the settlement, Binance demanded partners like FalconX and Hidden Road to gather significantly more information about clients from the United States. The data included residential and work addresses, as well as third-party verification.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, the exchange tightened requirements for listing new assets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cBinance is fully committed to compliance and discloses how it assesses end users seeking access to the platform,\u201d the company commented.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to CCData, the exchange&#8217;s share in spot crypto trading plummeted amid legal issues from about 60% to ~30%. By March, the figure recovered to 40%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Binance-Asks-Prime-Brokers-to-Run-Stricter-Checks-Keep-Out-US-Investors-Bloomberg-Google-Chrome.webp\" alt=\"Binance-Asks-Prime-Brokers-to-Run-Stricter-Checks-Keep-Out-US-Investors-Bloomberg-Google-Chrome\" class=\"wp-image-228705\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Bloomberg.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This was largely driven by a market rally and the outpacing growth of BNB prices. The exchange&#8217;s coin has increased in value by 80% since the beginning of the year, surpassing bitcoin in growth rate.<\/p>\n<p>Justin d&#8217;Anethan of Keyrock compared Binance to large international banks that \u201cpay fines for such mistakes, tighten requirements, and move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIt is likely that native crypto investors and even new market participants realize that compliance or <span data-descr=\"Know Your Customer \u2014 know your client\" class=\"old_tooltip\">KYC<\/span> violations do not really affect a well-functioning platform, its solvency, and liquidity,\u201d the expert believes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In December, Binance settled claims with the <span data-descr=\"Commodity Futures Trading Commission\" class=\"old_tooltip\">CFTC<\/span> with a $2.7 billion payment. A civil lawsuit by the <span data-descr=\"Securities and Exchange Commission\" class=\"old_tooltip\">SEC<\/span> against the exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sec-and-binance-present-arguments-on-digital-assets-in-court\">continues<\/a> to be considered.<\/p>\n<p>In April, a court will <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sentencing-of-binance-founder-postponed-to-april\">deliver a verdict<\/a> on Binance co-founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao. He faces up to 18 months in prison, although earlier discussions mentioned a 10-year term.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in 2024, the exchange encountered legal issues in Nigeria, where two of the company&#8217;s top managers remain in custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has requested its prime brokers to enhance compliance checks for American clients to avoid interactions with them, according to Bloomberg, citing its own sources. In November 2023, the platform settled claims with the U.S. Department of Justice, agreeing to pay $4.3 billion. According to the publication&#8217;s sources, following the settlement, Binance demanded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1292,744,1166],"class_list":["post-11754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-aml-kyc","tag-binance","tag-centralized-exchanges-cex"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"11","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}