Employees are leaving the company because of serious legal complications related to the actions of global regulators

​Media report about mass layoffs of Binance senior executives in Europe

20.06.2023 - 13:00

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Binance News: The world’s biggest crypto exchange by trading volume, Binane is facing major legal complications from the top global financial watchdogs. Reports have emerged that Binance is facing an internal FUD situation as its key executives choose to take an exit from European operations.

Binance, A Sinking Ship In Europe?

According to reports, Binance key managers who were responsible for expanding operations in Europe have already left or are about to leave the firm.

Michael Wild, in charge of building business in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria with his team reportedly made a departure from the biggest crypto exchange. Wild who made a career at KPMG, an auditing firm is no longer serving as the Managing director at Binance. However, Raphael Zakarias, co-managing director in Austria also choose to leave.

Binance high ranking managers at the European level are also taking a way out. Matin Bruncko, working under the title of Executive Vice President, Europe” of Binance reportedly is now not associated with the exchange. Bruncko earlier served as a senior adviser to Slovakia’s Finance minister and is a European Innovation Council ambassador.

However, there have been other executives that took a leave over the past weeks. The tally holds the name of

  • Mike Ringer, Head of Legal (Europe & CIS), London.
  • Daniel Trinder, Vice President, Government Affairs and Policy, UK (Now working as executive director at Financial Markets Authority, New Zealand)
  • Doron Rozenberg, Head of Marketing DACH, Frankfurt (Now working as Marketing Director Europe at Trive)
  • Lynn McConnell, Director Compliance Europe, London

Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ) is yet to address the matter. However, he usually claims such things are FUD but the crypto exchange has failed to gain licenses in many European countries. The crypto exchange and its executives are facing a lawsuit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for not registering and offering “Securities”.

This material is taken from the website https://coingape.com.

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