Is "Reverse Solicitation" Under Scrutiny? EU Probes Binance’s Services after Wind-Down Order
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EU regulators asked Binance to explain why it kept offering related services after being told to stop those activities. The questioning also focused on Binance’s use of reverse solicitation to keep serving customers in the bloc after a failed licence bid and an order to wind down its EU business. One report said the questioning was reported on Thursday.
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What it means
Binance customers in the EU are the group most directly affected, because the exchange was questioned over continued service after an order to wind down its EU business. That means users may see uncertainty around whether the same services remain available in the bloc tomorrow morning.
In practice, the status of Binance’s EU operations is now under scrutiny in a way that was not before, including its use of reverse solicitation as a legal exemption. What remains in place is the question of whether a regulatory exemption still applies, but the record here does not say how regulators will resolve it.
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