Verdorie, nog één van de bestaansredenen van Crypto, had ik dat maar geweten... Binance heeft kantoren in de Kaaiman eilanden, drie tropische eilandjes ten zuiden van Cuba, waar 60.000 mensen leven en waar 50% van de mensen "bankier zijn". Geld witwassen en belasting ontduiken. Shit, dat is zeer lucratief, voor mensen zonder geweten een super belegging. Buy the dip, het is het moment !!!
By Tom Schoenberg (Bloomberg)
13 mei 2021 18:43 CEST
Binance Holdings Ltd. is under investigation by the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service, ensnaring the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange in U.S. efforts to root out illicit activity that’s thrived in the red-hot but mostly unregulated market.
As part of the inquiry, officials who probe money laundering and tax offenses have sought information from individuals with insight into Binance’s business, according to people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be named because the probe is confidential. Led by Changpeng Zhao, a charismatic tech executive who relishes promoting tokens on Twitter and in media interviews, Binance has leap-frogged rivals since he co-founded it in 2017.
The firm, like the industry it operates in, has succeeded largely outside the scope of government oversight. Binance is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and has an office in Singapore but says it lacks a single corporate headquarters. Chainalysis Inc., a blockchain forensics firm whose clients include U.S. federal agencies, concluded last year that among transactions that it examined, more funds tied to criminal activity flowed through Binance than any other crypto exchange.