Anyway this presages a new US focused exchange for Binance customers but they had to partner with an American company to do it. I dunno if they can pool liquidity with the rest of Binance or not.
that's an interesting thought. if this is truly about SEC compliance and removing the ability for USA investors to access ICO/IEO/STO markets deemed securities, then it seems conceivable that liquidity could be pooled on other markets.
then again, i suspect this move is also about broader AML/KYC compliance. they probably can't allow so much unverified trading on binance.com, then pool all that liquidity with their "legit" KYC exchanges. i'm not clear on the specifics, but that doesn't seem kosher to me.