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Binance CEO reiterates denial of Trump family deal talks

March 18, 2025Updated:March 18, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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Binance CEO Richard Teng denied stories that Binance.US was in deal talks with entities affiliated with US President Donald Trump throughout a March 18 panel at Blockworks’ 2025 Digital Asset Summit in New York.

Teng’s assertion reiterated the place taken by Binance’s founder, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, and Trump, each of whom denied the story final week.

On March 13, The Wall Road Journal reported that Binance.US, an independently-operated US cryptocurrency trade, was discussing promoting an fairness curiosity to Trump-affiliated enterprise entities, together with a attainable cope with World Liberty Monetary, the Trump household’s decentralized finance (DeFi) undertaking. 

“I imagine each World Liberty Monetary in addition to CZ himself have tweeted and denied the reforms, proper? In order that there’s actually nothing else so as to add,” Teng stated through the summit, which was attended by Cointelegraph. 

Binance CEO reiterates denial of Trump family deal talks

Richard Teng talking at Blockworks’ Digital Asset Summit in New York. Supply: Cointelegraph

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Teng said that Binance.US is legally and operationally distinct from its bigger namesake. 

“US and dotcom are fairly completely different animals, proper? They’ve completely different set of shareholders, they’ve completely different board of administrators and completely different CEO operating the present,” he stated. 

Nevertheless, Teng did reward Trump, saying that Binance has benefited from the president’s “pro-crypto” insurance policies regardless of in a roundabout way working within the US. 

“Final 12 months was a landmark 12 months in that establishments are lastly approaching board,” Teng stated. 

“With President Trump popping out with each [a] strategic crypto reserve or asset stockpile, it should power governments world wide […] to have a look at this area fairly severely.”

In a departure from his predecessor, Joe Biden, Trump has stated he needs to make America the “world’s crypto capital” and has appointed pro-industry management to key regulatory posts.

Supply: CZ

Potential conflicts of curiosity

Citing sources aware of the matter, The Wall Road Journal report talked about that CZ — who served 4 months in jail within the US — has been pushing for the Trump administration to grant him a pardon.

“It’s unclear what kind the Trump household stake would take if the deal comes collectively or whether or not it could be contingent on a pardon,” the report stated.

Binance is the world’s largest cryptocurrency trade, however Binance.US lags Coinbase within the US market. 

CZ denied the report in an X submit revealed the identical day. Trump additionally denied the report in a submit on Reality Social, his social media platform. 

“The Globalist Wall Road Journal has no concept what they’re doing or saying. They’re owned by the polluted considering of the European Union, which was fashioned for the first goal of ‘screwing’ america of America,” the president wrote.

Trump’s Jan. 18 memecoin launch and his ties to crypto agency World Liberty Monetary have upturned norms for US presidents and raised considerations about potential conflicts of curiosity, consultants have stated. 

Journal: Trump’s crypto ventures elevate battle of curiosity, insider buying and selling questions