Binance Says Two Detained Employees in UAE Have Been Released
Binance is a big crypto company. Crypto means digital money. Two workers from Binance were held in the United Arab Emirates, or UAE. The UAE is a country in the Middle East. Police there stopped and questioned the two workers.
Binance said the workers were detained. Detained means kept by police. Later, police let the workers go free. Binance said the workers did nothing wrong. Binance said the workers were innocent. Innocent means not guilty.
Binance is a very big company. It works with money worth two billion dollars. Two billion is a very large number. But this big support did not stop the police check. The company said the problem is now over. The two workers are free again.
Vocabulary15 words
- crypto
- digital money used on computers
- United Arab Emirates
- a country in the Middle East
- detained
- held by police for a short time
- innocent
- not guilty of doing something bad
- billion
- a very big number: 1,000,000,000
- released
- let go free
- company
- a business that sells things or services
- worker
- a person who has a job
- police
- people who keep law and order
- questioned
- asked many questions
- support
- help, often with money
- big
- very large
- free
- not held or stopped
- country
- a place with its own government
- money
- cash used to buy things
Quiz
Answer key
1. Binance 2. The United Arab Emirates 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Binance is a big _____ company. Crypto means digital money. Two workers from Binance were held in the _____, or UAE. The UAE is a country in the Middle East. Police there stopped and _____ the two workers.
Binance said the workers were _____. Detained means kept by police. Later, police let the workers go _____. Binance said the workers did nothing wrong. Binance said the workers were _____. Innocent means not guilty.
Binance is a very big company. It works with money worth two _____ dollars. Two billion is a very large number. But this big _____ did not stop the police check. The company said the problem is now over. The two workers are free again.