{"id":48107,"date":"2021-08-23T10:42:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T07:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=48107"},"modified":"2025-09-02T00:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:36:23","slug":"former-sgx-regulator-named-binance-singapore-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/former-sgx-regulator-named-binance-singapore-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Former SGX regulator named Binance Singapore CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former head of regulation at the Singapore Exchange (SGX), Richard Teng, has been named Binance Singapore&#8217;s CEO. This is stated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/former-abu-dhabi-global-market-ceo-richard-teng-joins-binance-singapore-as-chief-executive-301359856.html\">\u0441\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0438<\/a> by the cryptocurrency exchange.<\/p>\n<p>According to a profile on <a href=\"https:\/\/sg.linkedin.com\/in\/richard-teng-3497b527\">LinkedIn<\/a>, Teng spent 13 years at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Before the appointment he held the post of executive director of Abu Dhabi Global Market within <span data-descr=\"Abu Dhabi Global Market\" class=\"old_tooltip\">ADGM<\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;We strive to work closely with industry leaders and policymakers to accelerate the adoption of the fast-growing sector and support its sustainable development,&#8221; said the new Binance Singapore CEO.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao called Teng&#8217;s appointment a significant step toward advancing Singapore&#8217;s local crypto ecosystem and ensuring regulatory compliance.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in August 2021, Binance.US CEO Brian Brooks abruptly <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/brian-brooks-resigns-as-binance-us-chief-executive-after-three-months\">left the position<\/a> after three months in the role. The media <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/media-brian-brooks-leaves-binance-us-amid-clash-with-changpeng-zhao\">wrote about his conflict with Changpeng Zhao<\/a>. Brooks&#8217;s position <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/binance-us-names-joshua-sroge-interim-ceo\">was temporarily held by<\/a> Binance.US Chief Financial Officer Joshua Sroge.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former head of regulation at the Singapore Exchange (SGX), Richard Teng, has been named Binance Singapore&#8217;s CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[744,946],"class_list":["post-48107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-binance","tag-singapore"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"28","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48107","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=48107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48109,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48107\/revisions\/48109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}