The world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, is coming under increased scrutiny by Gary Gensler’s Securities and Exchange Commission, but just a few years ago the company tried to hire him.
In 2018 and 2019, after Gensler had left the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and was teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Binance employees asked the future SEC chairman to consider an advising position with the company, according to the Wall Street Journal.
