Special Report: How crypto giant Binance built ties to a Russian FSB-linked agency

[RealDude]

In April 2021, Russia's financial intelligence unit met in Moscow with the regional head of Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange. The Russians wanted Binance to agree to hand over client data, including names and addresses, to help them fight crime, according to text messages the company official sent to a business associate.

Binance's head of Eastern Europe and Russia, Gleb Kostarev, consented to Rosfin's request to agree to share client data, the messages showed. He told the business associate that he didn't have "much of a choice" in the matter.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/...lt-ties-russian-fsb-linked-agency-2022-04-22/

 

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In April 2021, Russia's financial intelligence unit met in Moscow with the regional head of Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange. The Russians wanted Binance to agree to hand over client data, including names and addresses, to help them fight crime, according to text messages the company official sent to a business associate.

Binance's head of Eastern Europe and Russia, Gleb Kostarev, consented to Rosfin's request to agree to share client data, the messages showed. He told the business associate that he didn't have "much of a choice" in the matter.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/...lt-ties-russian-fsb-linked-agency-2022-04-22/

Not your keys, not your coins.

 

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This is Wex all over again. FSB.