In a recent disclosure, leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced that only 0.007% of its users’ activity involved interaction with illicit wallets between early 2023 and mid‑2025. Robust Compliance and Transparency Thanks to recent data from analytics firms Chainalysis and TRM Labs, Binance’s exposure to ‘high‑risk’ or illicit wallet addresses is shown to be exceptionally low—well below the industry average. For the broader centralized‑exchange sector, the exposure rate ranged from 0.018% to 0.023% in mid‑2025; yet Binance managed to bring that figure down to just 0.007%. Moreover, the reduction in illicit‑wallet interaction at Binance reportedly spans a 96% to 98% drop over the 2023–2025 period, outperforming many peers by several percentage points. Significance and Implications This statistic is noteworthy for several reasons: It underscores how seriously Binance appears to be treating compliance, user‑safeguarding, and transparency—areas that...