Overview
- Stephen Gregory took over as CEO on March 9, with former chief Norman Reed shifting to an advisory role.
- Gregory brings a compliance-heavy résumé from Currency.com, Gemini, and CEX.IO, positioning the exchange to navigate U.S. oversight.
- Under his leadership, Binance.US plans to expand its Earn suite and staking, and to add gateways to decentralized finance and tokenized assets.
- The move follows the SEC’s 2023 lawsuit being dropped with prejudice in May 2025, after which U.S. dollar banking was restored and services were rebuilt.
- U.S. exchanges are racing to broaden offerings beyond spot crypto, while Binance’s global platform still leads trading volumes by a wide margin, according to CoinGecko.