By
Chimamanda U. Martha
April 18th, 2024
Binance.US recently hired Krishna Juvvadi as head of the legal department, who was also Uber’s chief regulatory counsel and first regulatory attorney.
Following Sam-Bankman Fried’s FTX dismissal from the crypto scenario recently, there has been a dearth of active involvement of the industry in Politics. To balance the sides and fill in the vacuum, Binance has decided to step in with its recently formed Political Action Committee (PAC).
Binance, which is the world’s largest cryptocurrency firm, has launched PAC, the Binance.US Innovation PAC. Although the company hasn’t yet laid out its exact purpose, the committee was established with a filing to the Federal Elections Commission on Monday.
Binance.US recently hired Krishna Juvvadi as head of the legal department, who was also Uber’s chief regulatory counsel and first regulatory attorney. While Juvvadi was unable to respond or give a statement, the recent hire by Binance resonated with the company’s plans to boost its legal and compliance community. Binance’s Chief Risk Officer Sidney Majalya’s name was also included in the filings as one of the designated authorities.
One of the biggest companies still in the crypto game and Binance’s rival, Coinbase, revealed a PAC earlier this year, which was also called Coinbase Innovation PAC. However, it was only able to accumulate about $38,000 yet. The epicenter of crypto donations has been associated with the two FTX executives, Chief Executive Officer Sam Bankman-Fried and Ryan Salame.
The Binance.US PAC has been released recently after the fair conclusion of congressional elections. The company now has around two complete years to prep for the next federal elections, including for the White House. Its Chief Executive Officer, Brian Shroder has specifically allotted undersized donations to Democratic parties previously. He had also supported Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Ga) when he was running for the first time, and to the Lincoln, Project initially by Republicans to go against former President Donald Trump.
Binance has been trying to develop better relations with regulators in the upcoming months after a spree of warnings received by the firm from regulatory authorities for misconduct. According to Krishna Juvvadi, the company has taken significant steps and initiatives to boost its compliance efforts in the past few months. Juvvadi has been touted to follow the career trajectory of Binance.US CEO Brian Shroder, who spent two years as the Head of Strategy and Business Development for Uber in Asia Pacific from 2016 to 2018.
Previously, the Texas Blockchain Council (TBC), which is an industry association that is performing for the betterment of Texas as an international leader in Bitcoin, Blockchain, and virtual asset corporation, disclosed that Binance.US has entered TBC as a strategic partner member. Binance.US will sustain TBC’s advocacy and educational initiatives with administrative authorities in Texas.