I never imagined I was sitting in this position because I spent most of my career in traditional finance as a financial services regulator.

So I never imagined, but I'm always very supportive of new innovative areas, right?

So be it in terms of the payment space, blockchain space, etc.

You're watching CoinDesk Spotlight.

I am Jen Sanasi, and it is my pleasure to bring you into this candid discussion

with Binance CEO Richard Tang Richard.

Welcome to CoinDesk Spotlight.

Thanks for having me, Jen. It's great to be on the show.

Of course. Now, on Spotlight, we really want to dig deep into the journeys of the people who are really pioneering this space.

You've been in the position of Binance for, I think, about 10 months now, right?

Yes, indeed. For 10 months.

Let's reflect on the last 10 months.

What's been the biggest win for you, I guess?

Well, I'll say firstly, I'm very grateful and honored that I'm invited to take up the

post by CZ and the rest of the co-founders on that front.

So it's indeed a privilege to lead the largest crypto exchange globally.

Yeah, it's been an exciting 10 months. When I stepped into this role about 10 months ago,

I make it my commitment. Firstly, I mean, I make three commitments. So the first one is to our

users. Second is to regulators around the world. And thirdly, to really support and work

with partners to support a very vibrant doctrine ecosystem around the world. So on each of those

fronts, we have been working very tirelessly just on the user front. I mean, we have hit

today 220 million users globally, which is a great result.

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