Binance Founder Zhao to Help Pakistan Boost Crypto Trading Bid

  • Zhao to guide Pakistan’s Crypto Council as strategic advisor
  • Crypto trading is already popular in Pakistan despite warning
Changpeng Zhao Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
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Pakistan has roped in Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder of the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance, to set up a globally competitive platform for digital finance in the South Asian nation.

Binance’s Zhao will guide the Pakistan’s newly-formed Crypto Council on regulation, infrastructure, education and adoption as a strategic advisor, according to a statement issued by the finance ministry.