June 12, 2023
Crypto exchange Binance.US has retained multiple former federal prosecutors after lawmakers called for a criminal investigation in the wake of a suit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that alleged the firm and its parent company wove a "web of deception" in their business dealings.
June 08, 2023
Crypto exchange Binance Holdings has called on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler to recuse himself from the now-pending enforcement action against the firm, saying he has a conflict of interest because he served as an "informal" adviser to the exchange before joining the SEC.
June 06, 2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission moved Tuesday evening to freeze the U.S. assets of Binance post-haste in what it says is an effort to protect customer assets while it pursues a lawsuit claiming that the world's largest crypto platform mishandled customer funds and deceived regulators.
June 05, 2023
The former CEOs of Binance's U.S. arm, one of whom was a former top banking regulator under the Trump administration and a crypto industry booster, played a key role in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's landmark suit against the parent crypto exchange, the agency's complaint reveals.
June 05, 2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Binance Holdings Ltd., the world's largest crypto platform, and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, on Monday in D.C. federal court, saying they wove an "extensive web of deception" by lying to regulators and customers alike.