From a business perspective, that $4.3 billion has already proven to be worth it! Three years ago, everyone was saying: $4.3 billion, CZ resigns, facing legal troubles, Binance is done for? But three years later, what’s the result? @binance officially disclosed that by the end of 2025, the platform’s registered users had exceeded 300 million, with an annual trading volume of approximately $34 trillion. According to third-party data from CoinDesk Data in July 2026, Binance’s spot market share still reached 26.9%, while derivatives hit 45.8%, remaining the world’s largest centralized liquidity venue. Regulatory costs will eventually eliminate small companies, but they won’t necessarily take down the giants—in fact, they might strengthen them even more! The biggest beneficiaries of the era of wild growth are often the ones with the most money to adapt to the new rules after that era ends. This is something that has repeatedly happened throughout the history of major financial institutions.