{"id":677830,"date":"2025-06-29T14:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T11:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/binance-ties-to-kenyan-crypto-board-raise-monopoly-concerns-report\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T14:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T11:05:17","slug":"binance-ties-to-kenyan-crypto-board-raise-monopoly-concerns-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/binance-ties-to-kenyan-crypto-board-raise-monopoly-concerns-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Binance ties to Kenyan crypto board raise monopoly concerns: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMDYvMDE5N2JhZmYtZWZhMi03MGZjLTg3ZDctMTEzYmFiOWM2MDJh.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\">\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Kenya\u2019s crypto startups fear a Binance-linked lobby group could tilt new regulations in the exchange\u2019s favor under the proposed VASP bill.<\/p>\n<p><p>Some crypto startups are raising concerns over Kenya\u2019s proposed virtual asset service providers (VASP) Bill, warning it could hand outsized influence to a Binance-linked lobby group, potentially undermining fair competition in the country\u2019s digital asset industry.<\/p>\n<p>According to disclosures <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/kenyanwallstreet.com\/crypto-startups-warn-virtual-assets-bill-favors-industry-giants-risks-conflict-of-interest\/\" title=\"null\">seen<\/a> by The Kenyan Wall Street, a private think tank called the Virtual Asset Chamber of Commerce (VAC) will be included on the regulatory board established under the draft law.<\/p>\n<p>Some crypto stakeholders in Kenya claim that VAC has run Binance-sponsored regulatory talks, lacks independence and acts as a proxy for the exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Some crypto startups are raising concerns over Kenya\u2019s proposed virtual asset service providers (VASP) Bill, warning it could hand outsized influence to a Binance-linked lobby group, potentially undermining fair competition in the country\u2019s digital&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":677831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=1200\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-06\/0197baff-efa2-70fc-87d7-113bab9c602a","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[75014,74862,74858,77672,74863,74860,129427,73711,72414,70934],"class_list":["post-677830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-binance","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-regulation","tag-changpeng-zhao","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-cryptocurrency-exchange","tag-think-tank","tag-investments","tag-kenya","tag-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}