Binance says it doesn’t own Indian exchange WazirX, years after acquisition announcement – TechCrunch


Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, said on Friday it doesn’t own India-based platform WazirX despite disclosing the acquisition two and a half years ago.

Changpeng Zhao, founder and chief executive of Binance, said in a series of tweets that the company has been “trying to conclude the deal for the past few years,” but hasn’t completed the transaction yet citing “a few issues” that he declined to elaborate.

Binance announced the acquisition of WazirX in late 2019 in a blog post. The official blog post, which carried a picture of Zhao and WazirX founders, featured Binance’s executive’s enthusiasm about the deal.

“The acquisition of WazirX shows our commitment and dedication to the Indian people and strengthen the blockchain ecosystem in India as well as another step forward in achieving the freedom of money,” the 2019 post cited him as saying.

WazirX also reported that it had been “successfully acquired by Binance” in a separate blog post.

Zhao said Friday that Binance does not “own any equity in Zanmai Labs,” the entity operating WazirX and established by the original founders.

“On 21 Nov 2019, Binance published a blog post that it had “acquired” WazirX. This transaction was never completed. Binance has never – at any point – owned any shares of Zanmai Labs, the entity operating WazirX,” he wrote.

“Binance only provides wallet services for WazirX as a tech solution. There is also integration using off-chain tx, to save on network fees. WazirX is responsible all other aspects of the WazirX exchange, including user sign-up, KYC, trading and initiating withdrawals,” he added.

The clarification follows India’s Enforcement Directorate freezing WazirX’s assets worth over $8 million, citing suspected violation of foreign exchange rule.

“Recent allegations about the operation of WazirX and how the platform is managed by Zanmai Labs are of deep concern to Binance. Binance collaborates with law enforcement agencies all around the world. We would be happy to work with ED in any way possible,” Zhao added.

WazirX is the largest crypto exchange in India. Its yearly trading volume exceeded $43 billion in 2021, a “1,735% growth from 2020,” the company said late last year. The platform also provides its technology to several other Indian exchanges.

WazirX didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Friday evening (local time).




Source : https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/05/binance-says-it-doesnt-own-indian-exchange-wazirx-years-after-acquisition-announcement/

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