Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao
Binance boss Changpeng Zhao tried to distance his exchange from a dollar-pegged token currently under fire from the SEC.
  • The SEC has ordered Paxos to stop minting a Binance-branded token pegged to $1.
  • Changpeng Zhao tried to play down his exchange's links to the under-fire coin Tuesday.
  • "We have an agreement to let them use our brand, but that's not something that we created," he said.

Binance chief Changpeng Zhao has downplayed the link between his exchange and a token carrying its branding that's currently under fire from the Securities and Exchange Commission.