Exit Germany, Enter Japan – Binance sliter med lisensgodkjenninger

As the world’s largest centralized digital asset exchange, Binance garners more attention than most.  This means constantly being watched and scrutinized by regulators around the world – and with the track record of many centralized exchanges, this is justifiably warranted.  Unfortunately for Binance, scrutiny of its operations continues to make attaining the appropriate licensure to operate in many jurisdictions around the world.  This has resulted in the exchange withdrawing certain submissions, and resorting to acquiring pre-existing companies that boast required licensure to achieve its goals of expansion.

BaFin for høyt hinder

In Germany, the regulator tasked with overseeing the operation of financial institutions is known as BaFin.  This means that if Binance wants to operate legally within the country’s borders, it first needs to be awarded the appropriate licensure by BaFin.  This is a process that does not appear to be going well, however, as it is not being rapportert that Binance has voluntarily withdrawn its application for registration with the regulator.

Per nå er det en oppfatning om at dette tilbaketrekkingen er knyttet til pågående etterforskninger i ulike andre land (Frankrike, USA osv.) som stammer fra påstått svindel og verdipapirbrudd.  I så fall forventes Binance snart å miste muligheten til å behandle euro-transaksjoner etter avslutningen av partnerskapet med betalingstjenesteleverandøren Paysafe.

Til tross for dette nylige problemet har Binance indikert at de har til hensikt å endre og sende inn søknaden på nytt til BaFin etter å ha tatt den utviklende regulatoriske situasjonen i betraktning.

Japans klare regler tillater gjeninntreden

Meanwhile, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has just announced during a conference in Tokyo that the company plans to launch its full range of services on a new platform specifically designed for Japan.  Set to occur in August, this platform launch was made possible after the company acquired the pre-existing Sakura Exchange BitCoin last November, which already boasted the necessary licensure to do so.  In doing so, Binance essentially bought itself a path forward while ensuring adherence to existing regulations.
 

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I tillegg nevnte Binance sin generelle leder for Japan, Takeshi Chino, på konferansen at selskapet kan introdusere stablecoins i Japan, ved å utnytte landets nylige stablecoin-lov som tillater lisensierte banker, registrerte pengeoverføringsagenter og tillitselskaper å utstede disse tokenene.

Det er verdt å merke seg at Binance også har vist et økt fokus på å betjene andre deler av Asia ettersom de fortsatt møter streng gransking i vestlige nasjoner som USA.