On May 13, 2026, Binance hosted a landmark global virtual event, Binance Online, streamed live on Binance Square for over four hours. The event drew immense global interest, attracting more than 680,000 views and generating nearly 65,000 chat replies, reflecting a significant appetite for in-depth discussion on the digital asset industry's future.
The event featured a high-caliber lineup, including Binance Co-CEOs Yi He and Richard Teng, Binance Founder CZ, and key executives from institutional giants like BlackRock, blockchain foundations including Ripple and the Solana Foundation, and other major players such as Blockstream and Coin Bureau.
Co-CEOs Yi He and Richard Teng opened the event with a bold long-term vision: scaling crypto adoption from its current 300 million users to 3 billion. “Three billion — that means not just an exchange. That means we are basically the financial infrastructure for the world,” stated Yi He. Teng reinforced this by emphasizing crypto's role in solving financial exclusion, noting that 1.4 billion people globally remain unbanked.
A panel titled “The Evolution Era” featured Richard Teng alongside Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Solana Foundation President Lily Liu. The discussion focused on the convergence of crypto and traditional finance, specifically the growth of stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets, and the critical need for regulatory clarity.
The event culminated in a session with BlackRock COO Rob Goldstein, who spoke on the future of tokenization. He highlighted the strategic importance of making capital market exposures available as tokens for digital wallets, acting as a bridge between traditional and decentralized finance. “Binance plays an important role in helping to really provide that better, faster, cheaper value proposition,” Goldstein commented. The event also supported education, donating $50,000 to the UZH Blockchain Center and Geeks Academy.
