How Binance became the world’s largest crypto exchange, and second largest in SA

Binance SA country head Hannes Wessels spent 20 years as a senior investment bankers at HSBC, before making a change when he recognised which way the financial winds were blowing. He explains how Binance became the world’s largest crypto exchange in just five years – an extraordinary tale of wealth creation – as well as the company’s recently announced move into futures trading.