CryptoSlate August 22, 2026

How a former crypto user’s archived Binance data ended up in a foreign terrorism prosecution

How a former crypto user’s archived Binance data ended up in a foreign terrorism prosecution

When Russian investigators detained IT specialist Yuri Belenkiy in September 2025, Binance had been formally out of Russia for almost two years. Its customer records, however, were still available. Law enforcement documents reviewed by Reuters show that Binance supplied personal and transaction data later incorporated into a Russian terrorism-financing case against Belenkiy. The 49-year-old Russian […]

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