SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. BINANCE HOLDINGS LIMITED et al

  1. January 22, 2024

    Binance Judge Grills Exchange Over Its Bid To Exit SEC Case

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Monday pressed crypto exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. on how existing precedent can support its arguments that tokens listed on its platform aren't securities in its bid to fight off the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case against it.

  2. January 04, 2024

    SEC Invokes Terraform Win In Binance, Coinbase Cases

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday argued that a recent favorable ruling in its enforcement case against crypto project Terraform Labs bolsters its claims that crypto exchanges Binance and Coinbase ran afoul of securities laws.

  3. January 01, 2024

    Crypto White Collar Cases To Watch In 2024

    The coming year will see the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission battle with crypto exchanges over how securities laws apply to digital assets, while federal prosecutors will be focused on holding crypto firms and executives responsible for vast compliance failures that happened under their watch.

  4. November 08, 2023

    SEC Fights Binance's 'Tortured' Try At Evading Lawsuit

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission objected Tuesday to crypto trading platform Binance's "tortured" attempt to escape a lawsuit accusing it of skirting regulatory oversight, arguing that internal discussions at the company demonstrate that leadership was fully aware that they were breaking the law. 

  5. September 29, 2023

    Circle Cautions Court On SEC's Binance Stablecoin Claims

    Stablecoin issuer Circle isn't picking a side in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case against Binance Holdings Ltd., but it urged a D.C. federal judge to consider the industrywide implications of the regulator's claims that Binance's stable-value token was sold as a security.

  6. September 22, 2023

    Binance Says SEC Can't Subvert Congress With Securities Case

    Binance, its CEO and its stateside entity told a D.C. federal judge that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case against them exceeds its authority and should be dismissed for offending the so-called major questions doctrine, among other arguments.

  7. September 15, 2023

    SEC Says Binance.US Dodging Inquiry Into Customer Assets

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused the entities behind crypto exchange Binance.US of withholding information on who has control of its customers' assets, leading the regulator to question whether it's complying with requirements of an early agreement in the ongoing enforcement case.

  8. August 15, 2023

    Binance.US Wants CEO Shielded From SEC Deposition

    The American arm of crypto exchange Binance Holdings is fighting an attempt by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to depose CEO Brian Shroder, telling a D.C. federal court that the agency is exceeding the scope of an agreed-upon consent order so it can conduct a "fishing expedition" into the platform's operations.

  9. June 26, 2023

    Judge Rebuffs Binance Claims Of Misleading SEC Statements

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge said Monday the court won't "wordsmith" press releases surrounding the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ongoing enforcement action against Binance Holdings, denying the crypto exchange's request to prevent the agency's attorneys from publicly asserting the foreign platform mishandled customer assets.

  10. June 21, 2023

    Binance Accuses SEC Of Making 'Misleading' Statements

    Crypto platform Binance continued to butt heads with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, asking that a judge prevent agency attorneys from making public statements asserting that the foreign platform and its CEO have mishandled the assets of U.S.-based customers.

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