Richard Teng (@_RichardTeng) — Twitter Score 421 out of 1000

Richard Teng is a financial regulator and exchange executive who serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Binance Holdings, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges. Richard Teng's Twitter Score is 420 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #518 (top 0.5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.

Richard Teng previously served as CEO of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market, and before that as Chief Regulatory Officer at Singapore Exchange and as Director of the Corporate Finance Division at the Monetary Authority of Singapore. His regulatory background across multiple jurisdictions preceded his move into the crypto industry at Binance, where he initially led regional markets before taking on the chief executive role.

Richard Teng became sole CEO of Binance following the resignation of founder Changpeng Zhao in November 2023, which came as Binance Holdings Limited pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a total financial penalty of more than $4.3 billion to resolve a US Department of Justice investigation. In December 2025, Binance shifted to a co-CEO model, with Yi He named alongside Richard Teng as co-chief executive. Separately, the SEC had filed charges against Binance entities in June 2023, though that civil enforcement action was dismissed with prejudice in May 2025. In 2025, MGX invested $2 billion in Binance, becoming the exchange's first institutional investor.

Richard Teng has 351,845 followers as of October 2026 on the platform and has published 2,460 posts. Richard Teng has been mentioned by 424 accounts, with 1,384 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Richard Teng include 1,572 founders, 389 angel investors, 1,104 influencers and 28 VCs. Among them are CZ BNB, Brian Armstrong, ZachXBT, Toly, Ansem and jesse.base.eth.