Binance and Coinbase are rivals in the cryptocurrency exchange business. But that doesn’t mean Binance won’t take a page from its competitor’s playbook. According to Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, Coinbase’s direct listing on the Nasdaq last month gave other crypto companies a “very clear playbook” for the future.
“Now, in the U.S., in one of the world’s most advanced economies, a cryptocurrency exchange can IPO on the Nasdaq,” CZ told Decrypt editor in chief Daniel Roberts during this year’s Ethereal Virtual Summit. “That’s humongous.”
What’s more, CZ said explicitly that Binance will aim to follow in Coinbase’s footsteps. “If we do everything they do, then there shouldn’t be any problems. So now, there’s a playbook in the U.S. and I think in the U.S. it’s easy to copy. And also outside of the U.S., many countries probably will copy many of the regulations the U.S. adopted.”
CZ didn’t clarify exactly what “copying” Coinbase in the U.S. would look like, but he
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