Binance Spent $300M on Compliance, Blocked $10.5B in Fraud

Binance said its annual compliance and legal spending hit roughly $300 million, according to a report released Monday covering 2025 through the first quarter of 2026.

The money goes toward monitoring systems and global oversight operations as regulators tighten scrutiny on digital-asset platforms. Binance Research estimated the budget equals 0.22% of total assets under custody, above the traditional finance industry average of about 0.14%. Per-employee spending on these functions ran around $50,000 a year.

On the fraud-prevention side, the exchange's automated tools and analysts flagged $10.53 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions over the same period. The report noted that digital-asset transfers across distributed networks require fast responses to prevent permanent loss of funds. Binance also said it returned $8.2 billion to depositors since 2021 through on-chain tracking, working with internal cybersecurity teams, other exchanges, and law enforcement.

The compliance team now numbers 1,500 people, meaning roughly one in four Binance employees works in control functions. That staffing level exceeds the 1% to 3% range typical at globally systemically important banks, the company said.

Specialized personnel processed 313,653 information requests from police and judicial agencies worldwide. Binance said it will keep handling those requests through the rest of 2026 to meet international anti-money laundering standards.