Binance changes how it handles foreign law-enforcement data requests

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It's been an eventful summer for Binance's regulatory story. We covered its EU trading suspension over a missed MiCA deadline in early July; the latest development is about something different: how the exchange handles requests for user data from foreign law enforcement.

What changed

According to reporting by the New York Times, Binance now routes most requests from foreign law-enforcement agencies through channels based in the UAE and through mutual legal assistance treaties (MLATs), rather than responding to them directly. US and European investigators quoted in the reporting say this new routing adds time and friction to tracing crypto scams and money-laundering cases that involve Binance accounts.

Binance's position

Binance has framed cooperation with law enforcement as a priority in past public statements, and the company disputes characterizations that this change is intended to obstruct investigations. The dispute here is less about whether Binance cooperates at all and more about how quickly and directly it does, and what the new routing structure means for time-sensitive cases.

Why this matters if you use Cresori

Binance is one of the brokers Cresori connects to directly. This doesn't change how Cresori reads your account, it's a story about the exchange's institutional posture toward law enforcement, not a product or API change. Worth knowing as part of the broader picture of an exchange you've entrusted with an account, alongside the MiCA story and everything else this summer.

Sources: CoinDesk summary of NYT reporting, July 28.