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Exclusive-Binance vows to stay in Europe despite licence setback
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- "Binance is not leaving Europe," Gillian Lynch, head of Europe and the United Kingdom, told Reuters, after its bid to secure a licence in Greece to offer services such as crypto trading in the EU unravelled.
- "We may just have a different pathway to being authorised," she said.
- Two people with knowledge of the process told Reuters that Binance has held talks with regulators in Ireland, Latvia and Greece but faced resistance in all three countries.
Exclusive-Binance vows to stay in Europe despite licence setback Elizabeth Howcroft, John O'Donnell and Francesco Canepa Wed, June 24, 2026 at 6:15 PM GMT+7 2 min read By Elizabeth Howcroft, John O Donnell and Francesco Canepa
PARIS/BERLIN, June 24 (Reuters) - Crypto platform Binance intends to stay in the European Union and will make a fresh push for permission to operate there, a senior executive told Reuters, after its application under a new licence regime failed, threatening access for millions of users.
"Binance is not leaving Europe," Gillian Lynch, head of Europe and the United Kingdom, told Reuters, after its bid to secure a licence in Greece to offer services such as crypto trading in the EU unravelled.
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