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Random Facts About Binance You Might Not Know

2022-08-10

In celebration of our fifth anniversary, we present to you five awesome facts you might not know about us.

1. The Binance origin story

Binance was born thanks to a game of poker.

More accurately, CZ learnt about Bitcoin in 2013 during an at-home poker game. Thereafter, he was intrigued by crypto and the potential it offered, and went on to gain hands-on experience with a crypto wallet provider and within the crypto marketplace. Eventually, in July 2017, he launched Binance.

The rest, as they say, is history.

2. We have a philanthropic arm called Binance Charity.

Fun fact: As a tribute to our origin story, we held a charity poker tournament in 2019. Through this event — made possible thanks to Binance Charity — we raised more than US$170,000 and delivered solar panels and school materials to 15 schools in Uganda.

Binance Charity is dedicated to driving transformative crypto-giving, repurposing emerging tech as tools for philanthropy, and investing in blockchain innovation and R&D for good.

Apart from the charity poker tournament, Binance Charity has continued leveraging on crypto to pursue its missions, like using NFT for Good and ensuring a fast, easy, and transparent donation process through the merits of blockchain technology.

Fancy doing your part for society? Check out the ongoing Binance Charity projects to which you can donate.