Binance, which announced Wednesday its Russia business sale to CommEX, said a few former Binance employees have joined the newly launched exchange. Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of Binance, said in a post today on X (formerly Twitter), that some former Binance cryptography and information security team members may join CommEX “or have already done so.”

Zhao’s comment comes after the world’s largest crypto exchange said that it has decided to fully exit Russia and sell its business there to CommEX — a crypto exchange that only officially launched on Tuesday.

In response to questions and doubt that emerged in the crypto community concerning the similarities of the user interface between the two exchanges, Zhao said that Binance asked for it. “Their design, APIs, etc are similar to …