they operate binance.us and to fully say cz has zero to do with binance.us was likely impossible. thus the us went after them.
I always wonder why they would operate binance.us as it would tie them into usa taw rules.
They started binance.us as a separate thing to avoid problems such as this. Apparently that didn't work as well as they hoped.
Only Binance know why they did it but I thought Binance did it when they felt bigger risk from the trade war between two big nations.
Crypto Exchange Giant Binance to Launch US Trading Tuesday. It is in September 2019.
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China–United States trade war began since January 2018. It can be one of reasons or coincidence but it is not a matter now for Binance.