There are a slew of compliance lessons to be learned from the $4.3 billion settlement that Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, reached with a handful of U.S. government agencies.

The largest of those lessons is the significant penalties and company leadership, including the chief compliance officer, held personally responsible for their alleged attempts to evade U.S. laws to hold onto the exchange’s most valuable clients.

Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. Email: aaron.nicodemus@complianceweek.com LinkedIn:...