Binance Ex-CEO Gets Pardon. The Exchange's Crypto Coin Rises. — Barrons.com
By Anita Hamilton and Joe LightThe price of the crypto coin Binance Coin rose more than 6% Thursday after news that Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the exchange the coin is named after, received a pardon from President Donald Trump.Zhao pleaded guilty in 2023 to failing to maintain an effective anti-…