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Binance CEO admits firm hasn’t ‘always got everything exactly right’ but plans to beef up compliance

‘We haven’t always got everything exactly right, but we are learning and improving every day’

Crypto exchange plans to bolster headcount amid regulatory scrutiny
Crypto exchange plans to bolster headcount amid regulatory scrutiny Photo: Getty Images

Binance’s regulatory woes are partially down to its rapid growth and lack of efficient global regulation of the cryptocurrency sector, the digital asset exchange’s chief executive has said.

The cryptocurrency exchange plans to double the size of its international compliance team by the end of this year, boss Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao said in a 6 July blog post, having already added several former US financial officials to its advisory board.

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