Updated: January 22, 2025
Binance is the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, responsible for several trillion dollar crypto volume every year. It was founded in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao, who previously worked for Blockchain.info and as CTO of OKCoin.
Launched in Hong Kong, it quickly became one of the leading exchanges, but from the get-go faced increasingly restrictive regulations which forced it to migrate servers and headquarters to Malta.
Binance has one of the widest selections of alt-coins available on its exchange and even launched its own coin, Binance Coin. It has also launched several security tools aimed at improving trust in crypto, these include Binance Smart Chain, which utilises a proof of staked authority to ensure that a transaction is validated.
Binance reputation has been hit hard by investigations in the US and UK into money laundering and tax offenses. Several banks have banned its customers from sending money to Binance. Similar bans are in effect in China, Japan and Thailand.
In 2023, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering in the US and Binance was forced to pay $4.3 billion in penalties and forfeitures. Zhao stepped down as CEO following the charges, and Richard Teng took over as CEO.
Even with all of the issues, Binance continues to be the largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume and active users.
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Binance generated $16.8 billion revenue in 2023, a 40% year-on-year increase.
Sources: Finance App Report, Bloomberg
Binance last reported a profit of between $800 million to $1 billion in 2020. It has not published figures since.
Sources: Finance App Report, Company data, The Information
Institutional investors are responsible for most of the trading volume on Binance.
Sources: Company data, The Information
Binance 24 hour trading volume peaked at $76 billion in 2022.
Source: CoinMarketCap
$3.4 trillion was traded on Binance in 2023, a decline of 34% on the previous year.
Sources: Cryptocompare, The Block Crypto
Binance has the highest crypto volume by a factor of five, with Upbit the nearest to it.
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According to Binance Research, only 48% of users are hobbyists. 15% of respondents to a survey said it was their main source of income
65% of Binance users own Bitcoin, with most allocating 1-20% of their crypto portfolio to it
Over 90% of users are male and the average age is 35 years old
Binance Coin has a market cap of $83 billion as of October 2024. 145 million coins are currently in circulation
There are 401 coins available as of October 2024
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