Changpeng Zhao Suggests Binance.US Expansion Plans at Consensus Miami Conference

US is one possible path for giving American crypto traders access to better prices. U.S. users’ access to global crypto liquidity.

,” Zhao said. U.S. ” “I think in our ecosystem, Binance has the best liquidity in this market,” he continued.

U.S. US has been plotting a comeback under CEO Stephen Gregory. The exchange plans to expand beyond spot crypto trading into derivatives and prediction markets.

U.S. Charges. Zhao was later sentenced to four months in prison. He was released in 2024 and pardoned by President Donald Trump in 2025. U.S. policy toward crypto had changed in the last year and a half.

U.S. is now leading the world in terms of crypto policies, citing market structure legislation including the CLARITY Act. U.S. people left,” Zhao said. “They went to Abu Dhabi, they went to Hong Kong, Singapore.

U.S. after years of limited domestic activity.

U.S. BNB Chain has a builder house in New York and a small San Francisco presence. ,” Zhao said. U.S. institutions had limited access to BNB until recently. “The lack of access for institutions to BNB is actually an opportunity for BNB investors,” Zhao said.

YZi Labs, formerly Binance Labs, rebranded in 2025. Changpeng Zhao is taking a more active investment role at YZi Labs. The firm introduced a $1 billion fund for BNB Chain projects. Zhao turned to emerging technology, saying AI agents will need crypto rails to transact with each other.

He argued that blockchains are better suited than credit cards or bank rails for automated cross-border payments. “Credit cards don’t have an API,” Zhao said. ” He added that BNB Chain is the optimal payments rail for automated transactions between AI agents.

“BNB Chain should just be the money for agents,” he said. Zhao noted that the AI agent market is still in its earliest stage. m.