Binance Providing a platform for trading more than 100 cryptocurrencies became possible due to the constant efforts of a Chinese-Canadian business executive Changpeng Zhao, who is the founder and CEO of Binance. Changpeng Zhao, commonly referred to as CZ, has emerged as a winner through his hardships. After leaving his position at OK Coin in July 2017, he soon started Binance. The exchange became successful due to the unique strategies applied by Zhao. Binance raised over $15 million in funding in an initial coin offering (ICO). The exchange also has a native coin, Binance Coin (BNB). The BNB coin rose from 1 BTC for 20,000 BNB coins to 1 BTC for 434.9 coins. Binance has come a long way in a short amount of time. At the time of writing, Binance exchange is the topmost exchange in terms of the trading volume.