Crypto Exchange Binance Hires Former Trump Accounting Firm Mazars
- Mazars will help independently verify Binance’s token reserves
- FTX collapse pressures crypto exchanges to be more transparent
Photographer: Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg
Digital-asset exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. has appointed accounting giant Mazars to verify its token reserves, as the meltdown of its former rival FTX triggered increased demand for more transparency from cryptocurrency exchanges.
A Binance spokesperson confirmed the appointment, which was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, adding that “it is working with Mazars to conduct a third party financial verification as part of the Proof of Reserves updates.”
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Crypto Exchange Binance Hires Former Trump Accounting Firm Mazars