Binance Recognized in Fortune Crypto 100’s CeFi Category as Digital-Asset Industry Expands

Binance Blog published a new article, announcing Binance’s inclusion in the CeFi category of the inaugural Fortune Crypto 100, a new ranking that highlights companies and protocols shaping the global digital-asset ecosystem. The post says the list was independently compiled by the Fortune Crypto editorial team and informed by a survey of top crypto professionals, along with financial and technical analysis conducted by Inca Digital. Binance said the recognition reflects its role in digital-asset markets, its focus on innovation and market integrity, and its long-term impact as the industry evolves. Richard Teng, Co-CEO of Binance, said the recognition reflects what the company has built over the past nine years and described Binance as an open and accessible platform for participating in the digital economy. He added that the company prioritizes the trust of more than 320 million users. The Fortune Crypto 100 spans ten categories, including traditional finance, decentralized finance, venture capital, mining, stablecoins, and digital-asset trading, and includes both crypto-native firms and established financial institutions.

Binance’s article frames the Fortune Crypto 100 as arriving at a significant moment for digital assets, citing deeper integration of blockchain technology and crypto markets into global capital markets and the broader financial system, alongside higher institutional adoption. It says the ranking reflects convergence between early crypto builders and traditional financial institutions entering the sector. Binance stated that its inclusion in the CeFi category underscores its position as a blockchain ecosystem and digital-asset infrastructure provider, noting that in 2025 alone its platform processed $34 trillion in trading volume, bringing cumulative all-time volume to $145 trillion. Yi He, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Binance, said the company views crypto as infrastructure intended to broaden access to the global financial system and argued that trust in CeFi depends on user protections, robust security, and confidence that user assets are backed 1:1. The post also said Binance is expanding into additional asset classes, citing early traction from a stock trading offering that crossed $400 million in AUM within its first week and pre-IPO perpetual contracts for SpaceX that exceeded $2.1 billion in cumulative trading volume within 18 days of launch. It added that in May 2026, Yi He was named to Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business list, described as the first crypto-native executive included in the ranking’s 29-year history.