Binance General Counsel Confronts Some of Crypto’s Hardest Tests

Binance’s General Counsel Eleanor Hughes has a lot to keep her busy, ranging from the giant crypto exchange’s testy dispute with Nigerian officials to strict monitoring by US authorities as part of a landmark plea deal.

That plea agreement with the Justice Department and US regulators led to a $4.3 billion corporate penalty and the jailing of co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao for failures that let criminals and terror groups use the exchange.

Eleanor Hughes

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Reflecting on the panoply of challenges, Hughes described her role at the world’s biggest digital-asset trading venue as among “the most interesting jobs in the ...