๐ฃ CZ floats Binance.US revival to give U.S. users access to global crypto liquidity
Miami โ Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao said a revived Binance.US is one possible path for giving American crypto traders access to better prices.
Binance wants to help restore U.S. usersโ access to global crypto liquidity, CZ said, naming a possible Binance.US revival as one route after years of limited engagement in the American market.
โThe best liquidity in crypto is outside of the U.S.,โ CZ said during Consensus Miami 2026. โCrypto is one of the very few markets that U.S. donโt have access to the best prices.โ
โI think in our ecosystem, Binance has the best liquidity in this market,โ he continued. โWe would love to be able to provide that in some way, either revitalize Binance.US or somehow provide U.S. the best liquidity in the world and the best prices for the consumers.โ
The comments come two years after CZ resigned as Binance CEO and pleaded guilty to numerous U.S. charges. Zhao was later sentenced to four months in prison, released in 2024, and pardoned by President Donald Trump last year.
Binance.US has been plotting a comeback under CEO Stephen Gregory, with plans to expand beyond spot crypto trading into derivatives and prediction markets.
CZ said U.S. policy toward crypto had โchanged in the last year and a half or so,โ pushing him to spend more time with U.S. builders, regulators and policymakers. He said the U.S. is now โleading in the world in terms of crypto policies,โ citing market structure legislation, including the CLARITY Act.
โMany of the U.S. people left,โ Zhao said. โThey went to Abu Dhabi, they went to Hong Kong, Singapore. Many of the developers left, and then theyโre now coming back.โ
Zhao also framed BNB Chain as underexposed in the U.S. after years of limited domestic activity. He said the network now has a builder house in New York, a small San Francisco presence and more U.S. investment activity through YZi Labs.
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Miami โ Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao said a revived Binance.US is one possible path for giving American crypto traders access to better prices.
Binance wants to help restore U.S. usersโ access to global crypto liquidity, CZ said, naming a possible Binance.US revival as one route after years of limited engagement in the American market.
โThe best liquidity in crypto is outside of the U.S.,โ CZ said during Consensus Miami 2026. โCrypto is one of the very few markets that U.S. donโt have access to the best prices.โ
โI think in our ecosystem, Binance has the best liquidity in this market,โ he continued. โWe would love to be able to provide that in some way, either revitalize Binance.US or somehow provide U.S. the best liquidity in the world and the best prices for the consumers.โ
The comments come two years after CZ resigned as Binance CEO and pleaded guilty to numerous U.S. charges. Zhao was later sentenced to four months in prison, released in 2024, and pardoned by President Donald Trump last year.
Binance.US has been plotting a comeback under CEO Stephen Gregory, with plans to expand beyond spot crypto trading into derivatives and prediction markets.
CZ said U.S. policy toward crypto had โchanged in the last year and a half or so,โ pushing him to spend more time with U.S. builders, regulators and policymakers. He said the U.S. is now โleading in the world in terms of crypto policies,โ citing market structure legislation, including the CLARITY Act.
โMany of the U.S. people left,โ Zhao said. โThey went to Abu Dhabi, they went to Hong Kong, Singapore. Many of the developers left, and then theyโre now coming back.โ
Zhao also framed BNB Chain as underexposed in the U.S. after years of limited domestic activity. He said the network now has a builder house in New York, a small San Francisco presence and more U.S. investment activity through YZi Labs.
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