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Binance has tapped Tarik Erk (<\/strong>LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong>) as its new regional head for MENAT and <\/strong>senior <\/strong>executive officer in Abu Dhabi<\/strong>, putting a compliance-first operator in charge as the exchange doubles down on regulated growth across the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey, according to a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(** Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links<\/strong> to our background and outside sources.)<\/p>\n

Meet Erk: <\/strong>Erk has over 10 years\u2019 experience working across regulated crypto and traditional finance \u2014 from Paxos to JPMorgan and Commerzbank \u2014 with a resume heavy on licensing, government engagement, and market buildouts. His most recent stint was as general manager for Middle East and Africa at Crypto.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n

This comes as Binance shifts from market entry to market plumbing in the UAE<\/strong>, fresh off approval<\/a> to run its global platform under Abu Dhabi\u2019s ADGM framework. The exchange previously said regulated Binance.com operations were set to begin on 5 January, though Co-CEO Richard Teng stopped short of confirming an Abu Dhabi HQ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The move comes on the heels of approval for Binance to run its global platform under Abu Dhabi\u2019s ADGM framework<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1549],"tags":[1176,107,7,33],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-111200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moves","tag-binance","tag-crypto","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-moves","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"4028420a-b4ae-4e3a-85c2-a5886fadb4ff","order":"9","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/3\/1017.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Binance taps Tarik Erik as regional head","related_issue":[111185],"teaser":"The move comes on the heels of approval for Binance to run its global platform under Abu Dhabi\u2019s ADGM framework"},"yoast_head":"\nA new regional lead at Binance - 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