Thanks to Binance for the 9th anniversary gift
Here's a recap
From the era of fierce competition to conquering the globe
How Binance has spent these 9 years
2017.07
Binance exchange officially launched
BNB issuance
2018.07
SAFU user asset protection fund established. On July 31, Binance completed the Trust Wallet acquisition
2019.01.03
Launchpad relaunched in 2019, BitTorrent and https://t.co/rEUucBDD4c were the first two projects
2019.04
April 18, Binance Chain mainnet launched
April 23, BNB mainnet migration began, Binance DEX launched on BNB Chain
2019.05.07
Binance experienced a security incident, 7,000 BTC were transferred out of the hot wallet
Subsequently covered by SAFU, user funds were unaffected
2019.07 to 2019.09
July 11, Binance launched leveraged trading
September 13, Binance Futures launched
2020.04 to 2020.09
April 2, Binance completed the acquisition of CoinMarketCap
September 1, BNB Smart Chain mainnet launched
September 6, Launchpool launched, the first project was Bella Protocol
2021.02 to 2021.10
February, Binance Pay launched
June 24, Binance NFT marketplace launched
July 16, Binance stopped supporting new purchases of Stock Tokens and scheduled the support to end in October
2022.02 to 2022.11
February 15, Binance Chain and Binance Smart Chain unified under the BNB Chain system
November, Binance introduced a reserve proof system, using Merkle Tree for user asset verification
November 24, Binance launched the Industry Recovery Initiative, with 18 institutions participating within three months, pledging $1.1 billion
2023.02 to 2023.11
February 10, Binance upgraded the reserve proof system to zk-SNARKs
March 27, CFTC sued Binance and CZ
June 5, SEC filed 13 charges against Binance-related entities and CZ
November 21, CZ stepped down as Binance CEO, Richard Teng took over as CEO, Binance reached a settlement of over $4 billion with multiple U.S. agencies
2024.04 to end of 2024
April 18, Binance FZE obtained a VASP license from Dubai VARA
By the end of 2024, Binance registered users exceeded 250 million, custodial assets over $160 billion, cumulative historical trading volume reached $1 quadrillion
2025
Binance registered users reached 300 million
In 2025, trading volume $34 trillion, spot trading volume over $7.1 trillion
December 2, He Yi became Binance Co-CEO, sharing the CEO role with Richard Teng
2026.06
June 11, bStocks launched. bStocks are 1:1 tokenized securities, tradable and redeemable on the spot market, also withdrawable to compatible BNB Smart Chain wallets
Nine years
From exchange, to wallet, to public chain, to contracts, to payments, to NFT, to reserve proof, to compliance system, to tokenized securities
I entered the space in 2017, having experienced and witnessed these 9 years, and look forward to the next 9 years where the industry truly becomes the foundation of global finance
@cz_binance @heyibinance @sisibinance @Yuki27__ @pearbinance @binancezh
