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Binance.US Adds to Its Legal Defense in Wake of SEC Lawsuit: Bloomberg News

12.6.2023
Binance.US has bulked up its legal expertise and added four lawyers to fight recent charges from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. One of those lawyers includes former co-director of the SEC’s enforcement division, George Canellos, according to Bloomberg News. Canellos was also...

Binance, Coinbase, Robinhood: A Week of Crypto Crackdowns and Regulatory Fallout — Week in Review

11.6.2023
Seismic shifts have been occurring in crypto this past week, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) leaning remarkably further into what some call its “regulation by enforcement” approach, as the entity is now suing both Binance and Coinbase for securities...

Binance's BNB Token Saw Millions in Sell Orders Right Before SEC Lawsuits

9.6.2023
In trading, timing is everything and it appears that some traders put in well-timed sell orders for BNB, ahead of the massive SEC crackdown against crypto exchange Binance on June 5

Kevin O’Leary doesn’t rule out criminal charges for Binance

9.6.2023
In an interview with Cointelegraph, Kevin O’Leary said he wouldn’t rule out the possibility of more serious charges against Binance and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao

Binance CEO Condemns Leaked Chat Logs, Acknowledges Significant 'Damage'

9.6.2023
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has condemned the move by the US Securities and Exchange Commission to leak employee chat records. In a letter to employees, CZ called the use of chat logs by the SEC "ridiculous," according to a translated copy of the memo shared by Odaily Planet Daily on Thursday....

Ripple case more crucial than ever amid Coinbase, Binance SEC crackdown: Lawyers

9.6.2023
Whether XRP is ruled as a security or not in the Ripple case will certainly have an influence on the two latest crypto exchange lawsuits, crypto lawyers told Cointelegraph

US Sen. Elizabeth Warren Says Binance Lied to Congress in Letter to DOJ Asking for an Investigation

9.6.2023
Long-standing crypto skeptic Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking US Department of Justice Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate whether Binance lied to Congress. The Democrat from Massuchesetts and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. said Binance may have violated the law when it told lawmakers...

Lawmaker Calls SEC Enforcement Actions Against Crypto Exchanges ‘Complete Contempt for Congress’

9.6.2023
Several lawmakers have slammed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for regulating the crypto industry by enforcement. One lawmaker says the regulator’s latest action against crypto exchange Coinbase “demonstrates a complete contempt for Congress which is in the process of developing...

SEC Chair Gary Gensler Tried To Land a Job at Binance, the Exchange’s Lawyers Allege

9.6.2023
Before becoming head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler offered to serve as an adviser for Binance, according the crypto exchange, which is now facing heat from the regulator. In a letter directed towards the SEC’s division of enforcement, counsel for Binance and...

Documents Reveal Binance.US Suffered a $181 Million Loss in 2022

8.6.2023
Binance’s US branch, Binance.US, was deeply unprofitable in 2022 and lost as much as $181 million for the year, a new filing made by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed. The loss came despite Binance.US receiving some $132 million last year from its parent company...

Binance vs. SEC: How low can BNB price go?

8.6.2023
BNB is clinging on to its short-term bullish bias amid the Binance-SEC fiasco but a 30% price decline is still on the cards

Binance Redirected $12B to Firms Controlled by CEO Changpeng Zhao, SEC Says

8.6.2023
SEC says billions in customer funds were directed to Zhao’s firm Merit Peak via a holding company called Key Vision Development Limited

Meet the judges that will preside over Coinbase and Binance’s SEC lawsuits

8.6.2023
One judge has ruled on a key crypto case of late, while the other has ruled on high-profile political cases in the U.S. in recent times

Binance Says Gensler Once Offered to Be an 'Informal Advisor'

8.6.2023
A letter from Binance’s counsel says that SEC Chair Gary Gensler should be recused from the case, given his history with the exchange and its founder

SEC Summons Binance CEO CZ as Lawsuits Shake Cryptocurrency Industry

8.6.2023
The United States District Court in Washington, D.C., at the request of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), summoned Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) on Wednesday. Binance CEO CZ Challenged by SEC Summons as Legal Battles Escalate On Wednesday, several social media accounts shared...

The SEC Is Fighting the Last War

7.6.2023
SEC chair Gary Gensler wants you to think Coinbase and Binance are the same as FTX and Celsius. They’re not

Binance.US To Remove Over 100 Trading Pairs by Thursday Days After SEC Charges

7.6.2023
Binance.US has decided to remove over 100 trading pairs by June 8, days after the Securities and Exchange Commission sued Binance and its CEO. Those trading pairs, which are assets that can be traded for each other on an exchange, included AAVE/USDT, SUSHI/USDT, POLYX/USDT, FLOW/USDT, ATOM/BTC...