Stablecoin Provider Paxos to Pay $26.5M Fine to Settle Charges Related to Binance

Stablecoin issuer Paxos Belief pays a $26.5 million penalty to New York State to resolve costs associated to its earlier partnership with the world’s greatest crypto trade, Binance, the New York State Division of Monetary Providers introduced Thursday. 

Alongside the $26.5 million penalty, Paxos Belief will spend $22 million to enhance its compliance program, the announcement added. 

The costs alleged that Paxos didn’t conduct enough due diligence of its former accomplice, Binance, and had systemic failures in its anti-money laundering program. 



“Regulated entities should keep applicable danger administration frameworks that correspond to their enterprise dangers, which incorporates relationships with enterprise companions and third-party distributors,” the New York regulator’s Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris mentioned in a press release.

A Paxos spokesperson informed Decrypt: “For the avoidance of doubt, the compliance points mentioned are historic points that have been recognized over two and half years in the past and have since been absolutely remediated.

“These issues had no affect on buyer accounts and there was no shopper hurt. This marks the decision of this matter and we’re happy to place it behind us.”

Paxos, a fintech firm that works to mint digital tokens often called stablecoins, partnered with Binance to mint Binance USD. 

However the New York regulator mentioned that Paxos’s inadequate due diligence on the behemoth trade allowed U.S. prospects to illegally use it, based on the costs. 

Paxos added: “No different blockchain and tokenization platform has proven extra dedication to in search of oversight and complying with world institutional requirements as Paxos has achieved for over a decade—and we’re dedicated to sustaining that transferring ahead.”

The New York-based fintech ended its relationship with Binance in 2023, and the BUSD stablecoin is not out there.