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Binance crypto investigation cooperation issues

Overview

In early July 2026 an internal Binance memo flagged a drop in the firm’s assistance to U.S. authorities, prompting the Department of Justice to signal that it would demand stricter cooperation from the exchange.

Later that month, reporting detailed a policy change that Binance implemented in April 2025. The new rule requires law‑enforcement data requests to be routed through foreign governments under mutual‑legal‑assistance treaties, a process described as slow and limited to cases involving terrorism, child sexual‑abuse material or imminent threats to life. European officers said the shift now restricts access to user data, while U.S. investigators reported at least two delayed investigations. Binance officials defended the change as compliance with complex crypto and data‑protection regulations, denying that it intentionally hampers investigations.

Together the snapshots show a progression from an internal warning of reduced assistance to a concrete policy that has already slowed police crypto investigations across multiple jurisdictions.

Entities

Binance · Alona Katz · Noah Perlman

Timeline

  1. about 1 month ago

    [CRIME] 4 sources
    Binance policy shift slows police crypto investigations

    Binance now routes many police data requests through foreign agencies, delaying investigations in Europe and some U.S. cases after senior compliance staff left and $1.7 bn of Iranian‑linked flows were flagged.

  2. about 2 months ago

    [BUSINESS] 2 sources
    Binance to face stricter DOJ cooperation after internal memo warns of reduced assistance

    The U.S. Justice Department warned prosecutors that Binance will no longer provide voluntary “courtesy” account freezes, requiring formal MLATs, as the exchange remains under a multi‑year DOJ monitoring regime.

Sources

blogs.airdropalert.com · coindoo.com · johnlothiannews.com · pymnts.com