Binance Fired over 1,000 Employees in Recent Weeks: Report
Binance reportedly sacked over 1,000 employees in recent weeks, further shrinking its previous 8,000-strong global workforce. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported the mass retrenchment today (Friday), citing an insider source. Binance Cuts More Jobs GloballyFormer employees told WSJ that more staff members across the exchange’s global markets were fired during this week, with customer-service workers mostly affected. In India alone, about 40 employees in this category were let go, the outlet said.The downsizing comes as regulatory pressure continues to mount on the exchange, which recently endured an exodus of senior executives. Already, about 50 employees working for the exchange’s so-called independent US subsidiary have been booted out.However, earlier this month, Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, the CEO of Binance, while reacting to the departure of Patrick Hillmann, the ex-Chief Strategy Officer and other key executives, dismissed speculations of troubles at the exchange, noting that “there is turnover at every company.”4. More FUD about some departures. Yes, there is turnover (at every company). But the reasons dreamed up by the “news” are completely wrong.As an organization that has grown from 30 to 8000 people in 6 years, from 0 to the world’s largest crypto exchange in less than 5 months…— CZ ???? Binance (@cz_binance) July 6, 2023Before then, Hillman in May rebuffed reports that Binance was pruning its workforce by 20% as a ‘cost-cutting measure,’ suggesting that the exchange was simply going through its regular ‘talent density audit and resource allocation’ exercise.Let me provide some additional clarity via ????. Binance is not cutting 20% of employees as a cost-cutting measure. @binance experienced true exponential growth these past 5 years — and grew its staff accordingly. This was a historic operational challenge to overcome. https://t.co/Awmh8PdT8j— Patrick Hillmann (@PRHillmann) May 31, 2023More Troubles for Binance Currently, Binance is defending against charges filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in early June. The regulator alleges that the exchange ran unregistered trading platforms and misused customers’ funds. On the other hand, the crypto exchange is worried about possible charges from the US Department of Justice, WSJ reported.In the last one month, Binance has suffered several setbacks: it was forced out of Belgium, denied a license in the Netherlands and Germany, and lost its euro banking partner. Additionally, the exchange is under probe in France, with a lawmaker pushing for a congressional investigation into the firm’s representative in Brazil.However, despite these challenges, Binance recently launched in Kazakhstan, marking its first presence in the Central Asia sub-region. This article was written by Solomon Oladipupo at www.financemagnates.com.
Binance reportedly sacked over 1,000 employees in recent weeks, further shrinking its previous 8,000-strong global workforce. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported the mass retrenchment today (Friday), citing an insider source.
Binance Cuts More Jobs Globally
Former employees told WSJ that more staff members across the exchange’s global markets were fired during this week, with customer-service workers mostly affected. In India alone, about 40 employees in this category were let go, the outlet said.
The downsizing comes as regulatory pressure continues to mount on the exchange, which recently endured an exodus of senior executives. Already, about 50 employees working for the exchange’s so-called independent US subsidiary have been booted out.
However, earlier this month, Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, the CEO of Binance, while reacting to the departure of Patrick Hillmann, the ex-Chief Strategy Officer and other key executives, dismissed speculations of troubles at the exchange, noting that “there is turnover at every company.”
4. More FUD about some departures. Yes, there is turnover (at every company). But the reasons dreamed up by the “news” are completely wrong.As an organization that has grown from 30 to 8000 people in 6 years, from 0 to the world’s largest crypto exchange in less than 5 months…
— CZ ???? Binance (@cz_binance) July 6, 2023
Before then, Hillman in May rebuffed reports that Binance was pruning its workforce by 20% as a ‘cost-cutting measure,’ suggesting that the exchange was simply going through its regular ‘talent density audit and resource allocation’ exercise.
Let me provide some additional clarity via ????. Binance is not cutting 20% of employees as a cost-cutting measure. @binance experienced true exponential growth these past 5 years — and grew its staff accordingly. This was a historic operational challenge to overcome. https://t.co/Awmh8PdT8j
— Patrick Hillmann (@PRHillmann) May 31, 2023
More Troubles for Binance
Currently, Binance is defending against charges filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in early June. The regulator alleges that the exchange ran unregistered trading platforms and misused customers’ funds. On the other hand, the crypto exchange is worried about possible charges from the US Department of Justice, WSJ reported.
In the last one month, Binance has suffered several setbacks: it was forced out of Belgium, denied a license in the Netherlands and Germany, and lost its euro banking partner. Additionally, the exchange is under probe in France, with a lawmaker pushing for a congressional investigation into the firm’s representative in Brazil.
However, despite these challenges, Binance recently launched in Kazakhstan, marking its first presence in the Central Asia sub-region.
This article was written by Solomon Oladipupo at www.financemagnates.com.
