Binance’s Yi He pledges legal support for women targeted by rumors

Yi said online discussions over the preceding two days had drawn women into sexualized speculation. She also recalled earlier claims that Chinese-language news outlets had repeated, which she attributed to a competitor, alongside photographs of female employees. Her account did not name defendants, specify a legal jurisdiction or announce a lawsuit.

“Going forward, our legal department will provide legal protection for the female employees involved at Binance,” she wrote, according to the English translation displayed on X. She invited women to join what she described as a fair and transparent workplace.

Yi said she had faced fabricated claims herself after someone stole and misused her identification. She described herself as able to withstand criticism but worried about the effects on employees’ families and friends when rumors kept appearing in the media. The women involved, she said, continued dealing with customer problems without telling her about their distress. A verified account named Misa_OKX thanked Yi for speaking up; in a follow-up, she urged people to consider what the author of an attack stood to gain.

Yi also linked the issue to workplace bias, saying women who reached leadership roles often had to invest more time and effort to overcome obstacles. She called for professional achievements to be judged without regard to gender and discussed how parental leave and assumptions about women’s career commitment can affect hiring. Her remarks come amid other public accounts of bias in crypto, including fundraising experiences described by Gracy Chen in a November 2023 interview and Sarah Akwisombe’s April comments at EthCC about fewer women attending as events, marketing and PR faced cuts. Those accounts concerned workplace bias and job losses, not sexual rumors.