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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was released early from custody on Sept. 27, and the price of Bitcoin (<a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price">BTC</a>) and Binance’s BNB (<a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/binance-coin-price-index" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/binance-coin-price-index">BNB</a>) token dipped slightly since the start of the trading day.
According to a previous Forbes report, Zhao <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/former-binance-ceo-cz-64-percent-bnb-circulating-supply-report" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/news/former-binance-ceo-cz-64-percent-bnb-circulating-supply-report">holds 64% of the total BNB supply</a>, placing the entrepreneur’s net worth around $61 billion in June 2024 and making him the 24th richest person in the world at the time. Zhao’s vast holdings of Binance’s native currency sparked concern about the centralization of the token once the report was published.
Today, the 94 million BNB tokens held by Zhao represent roughly $57 billion in value at the time of writing — a significant reduction when measured against prices in June 2024, which topped $700.
A 2024 analysis conducted by Gray Wolf Analytics and Forbes revealed that 80 million BNB tokens were initially allocated to the original Binance team. Additionally, the company still holds around 46 million of those tokens.&nbsp;
Related: <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bnb-chain-fundamentals-and-use-case-beyond-defi-support-run-to-600" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bnb-chain-fundamentals-and-use-case-beyond-defi-support-run-to-600">BNB Chain’s improving fundamentals and use cases beyond DeFi support BNB run to $600</a>
<h2 id="department-of-justice-charges-and-settlement-impact-bnb-price">Department of Justice charges and settlement impact BNB price</h2>
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-indictment-unsealed-cz-guilty-plea" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-indictment-unsealed-cz-guilty-plea">charges against Binance and Zhao</a> in 2023 — alleging that the Binance founder violated the Bank Secrecy Act.&nbsp;
In a joint filing from the US Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, the US Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the government regulators stated:&nbsp;
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 “While Binance is not a publicly traded company, Binance is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world and news related to Zhao and Binance’s criminal and civil liability is likely to have a significant effect on trading of various cryptocurrencies.”
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This statement turned out to be accurate, and on Nov. 21, the <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bnb-pops-reported-doj-binance-settlement" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bnb-pops-reported-doj-binance-settlement">price of BNB rose by approximately 7%</a> within 24 hours following news of a $4 billion settlement between Binance and the Securities and Exchange Commission.&nbsp;
The SEC settlement ended up costing Binance $4.3 billion dollars, and Zhao was fined an additional $50 million as part of the agreement. Additionally, the DOJ stipulated that Binance must have independent monitoring over the next three years and appointed the Forensic Risk Alliance to monitor the company’s business operations.&nbsp;
Magazine: <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/crypto-regulations-us-warren-bitcoin/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/crypto-regulations-us-warren-bitcoin/">Lawmakers’ fear and doubt drives proposed crypto regulations in US</a>

Bitcoin and Binance token dip slightly as CZ is released

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