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  1. March 10, 2025

    Binance, Ex-CEO Urge Arbitration Of Crypto Investor Suit

    Binance and its former CEO Changpeng Zhao asked a Florida federal judge to send a suit launched by a proposed class of investors to arbitration, arguing the suit's amended claims fall under the parties' arbitration agreement, and the investors cannot try to avoid arbitration by dropping one of the defendants.

  2. December 20, 2024

    Binance Investors Seek To Update Suit After Federal Charges

    A proposed class of Binance investors has asked a Florida federal judge to allow them to file a new complaint that drops some defendants and hones in on the crypto exchange and its former CEO in the wake of their historic settlement with U.S. authorities over alleged compliance failures.

  3. August 21, 2024

    Binance Users Settle With Miami Heat Star, Crypto Influencer

    Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler and crypto influencer Ben Armstrong have agreed to pay a combined $340,000 to settle proposed class claims from Binance investors that their promotion of the crypto exchange aided and abetted unregistered securities sales.

  4. March 12, 2024

    Binance Investors Must Wait To Depose Ex-CEO, Judge Says

    A Florida federal judge has said that the investors suing crypto exchange Binance over alleged money laundering and securities law violations don't need to rush to depose its former CEO, Changpeng Zhao, now that his criminal sentencing has been delayed.

  5. December 08, 2023

    Binance Investors Want To Depose Ex-CEO 'Before He Flees'

    The investors suing cryptocurrency exchange Binance over money laundering and securities law violations have asked to depose its former CEO Changpeng Zhao as he awaits a February sentencing connected to his guilty plea in a related criminal case.

  6. December 07, 2023

    Binance Seeks To Arbitrate Fraud Oversight Investor Suit

    Binance has moved to compel arbitration of a proposed class action accusing the world's largest crypto exchange platform of turning a blind eye to potential money laundering and terrorist financing on its platform, arguing the plaintiffs' claims fall within the arbitration terms of a clause they expressly agreed to.

  7. July 25, 2023

    Miami Heat Star Butler Says Binance Tweets Not Deceptive

    Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler asked to be dismissed from a proposed class action over Binance's alleged sale of unregistered securities, denying that his social media posts touting the cryptocurrency exchange deceived investors.

  8. July 07, 2023

    Binance Bid To Dismiss Investor Suit Is Denied For Now

    A Florida federal judge on Friday denied without prejudice the request from Binance to send to arbitration or dismiss a proposed class action filed by investors that accuses the crypto exchange business of turning a blind eye to money laundering and terrorist financing on its platform.

  9. April 03, 2023

    Binance Hit With Investor Suit Following CFTC Action

    Binance, its CEO Changpeng Zhao and several others have been hit with a proposed class action in Florida federal court by investors who claim the world's largest crypto exchange platform turned a blind eye to potential money laundering and terrorist financing on its platform.