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BTCC (company)

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BTCC  is a  crypto exchange  established in June 2011. The exchange underwent a significant restructuring in 2018, closing its offices in China and expanding its business globally since then. History [ edit ] BTCC was founded in June 2011. BTCC now stands for 'BTC & Crypto', as stated on the company's official website, [1]  although it used to mean 'BTC China'. [ citation needed ] Before becoming the company's  CEO , entrepreneur Bobby C. Lee approached the then two-person company in early 2013 and, after investing his own money and attracting investors, oversaw the company's rapid expansion and market share growth by the end of the year. [2]  The  Stanford   computer science  graduate, whose brother  Charlie  founded the  cryptocurrency   Litecoin , previously worked for  Yahoo!  in the United States, and as vice president of technology for  Walmart China . [2] In November 2013, BTCChina raised $5 milli...

Binance

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Binance 34 languages Article Talk Read View source View history Tools From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Binance Holdings Ltd. Type Private Industry Cryptocurrency Founded July 2017 ; 6 years ago [1] [2] Founders Changpeng Zhao Yi He [3] [4] Headquarters Unknown Area served Global, except for the  United States [5] Key people Richard Teng ( CEO ) [6] Products Cryptocurrency exchange ,  cryptocurrencies Revenue US$ 12 billion (2022) [7] Number of employees 7,000 (2023) [8] Subsidiaries Sakura Exchange Trust Wallet Binance Charity Website www .binance .com   Binance Holdings Ltd. , branded  Binance , is a global [9]  company that operates the largest  cryptocurrency exchange  in terms of daily trading  volume  of  cryptocurrencies . Binance was founded in 2017 by  Changpeng Zhao , a developer who had previously created  high-frequency trading  software. Binance was initially based in China, then moved to Japan shortly bef...