In the latest episode of The Market Report, analyst and writer Marcel Pechman discusses the impact of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit against the Binance exchange. Most likely, the U.S. population will be barred from using the international version of Binance, and those who opt for VPN services will be at risk
Regulation
Professionals from various parts of the crypto sector have responded to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent actions against some of the biggest crypto exchanges, Binance and Coinbase. On June 5, the SEC filed a lawsuit against Binance for allegedly offering unregistered securities. Only a day after filing the Binance suit, the
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against Binance could damage the crypto exchange’s business opportunities in South Korea. A report published in a South Korean daily suggests that the Financial Service Committee (FSC), the financial watchdog of South Korea, is reviewing Binance’s acquisition of the local crypto trading platform Gopax. Binance acquired
Despite the wave of market failures in 2022, the Philippines’ financial regulator decided not to rush the legal framework on the crypto industry, earlier planned to be published late last year. However, the work on the guidelines is still going and the results could be made public this year. Being cited by the local media
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed another document in its lawsuit against Binance.US, claiming investors’ funds are at risk. In the filing entered on June 5, the regulators claim that the defendants, including Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, BAM Management, BAM Trading and Binance, “have enriched themselves by billions of U.S.
The United States Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing on digital assets to discuss digital assets and provide clarity for the ecosystem. On June 6, Patrick McHenry, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, announced a full committee hearing titled “The Future of Digital Assets: Providing Clarity for the Digital Asset Ecosystem.” The
The United States securities chair has hinted at “parallels” between crypto exchange Binance and collapsed exchange FTX — namely their alleged use of sister firms to move funds. Speaking to Bloomberg on June 6, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler, pointed to FTX’s alleged fraud and manipulation regarding its sister firm Alameda
Two United States senators have questioned Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg over the tech giant’s “leaked” artificial intelligence model LLaMA which they claim is potentially “dangerous” and could be used for “criminal tasks.” In a June 6 letter, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley criticized Zuckerberg’s decision to open source LLaMA and claimed there
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried claims prosecutors have missed discovery deadlines for key pieces of evidence required in the defense of a raft of fraud charges. On June 5, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers told United States District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in a letter that the government had not turned over all of the contents of five
The median trading volume across the top three decentralized exchanges (DEX) jumped 444% in the past 48 hours as crypto investors reeled from the United States securities regulator’s recent legal actions against cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Binance. According to aggregated data from CoinGecko, total daily trading volumes on Uniswap V3 (Ethereum), Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum) and
“Coinbase has embraced regulation since we were founded over a decade ago,” the cryptocurrency exchange’s chief legal officer Paul Grewal told the United States Congress on June 6. “The SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission] allowed us to become a public company in April 2021, which makes us unique in the crypto industry.” Coinbase was sued
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has responded publicly to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit against his company, stating in a tweet that the team is “confident in our facts and the law” and that it welcomes the chance “to finally get some clarity around crypto rules” in court. Regarding the SEC complaint
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed an emergency motion in the District of Columbia U.S. District Court for a temporary restraining order against Binance, Binance.US and CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) on June 6, requesting eight actions. The requested actions include the freezing of the assets of Binance.US and the repatriation of fiat and cryptocurrency
If there was ever such a thing as an all-star lineup of regulators, the United States House of Representatives Agricultural Committee’s June 6 hearing on digital asset regulation would probably hold the record. The current chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Behnam, was joined by a former chair and a former acting
Venture capital firm Sequoia announced an impending split that will see the company break into three distinct partnerships serving the United States, China, and Asian markets separately. The move, announced on June 6, is intended to decentralize back office functions for the company. Citing increased global financial complexity and a growing brand confusion, per a
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against New York-based crypto exchange Coinbase for offering unregistered securities. The SEC lawsuit alleged that Coinbase has never registered as a broker, national securities exchange or clearing agency, evading the disclosure scheme for securities markets. SEC alleged that several tokens offered by the crypto exchange including
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against Binance, its U.S.-based exchange entity and its CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, for violating securities laws. On June 5, the SEC filed 13 charges against Binance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia over allegations that the company misled investors and misused
The SEC lawsuit against Binance on June 5, accusing the crypto exchange of violating various securities laws, had a direct impact on the crypto market as well as the balance sheet of the crypto exchange. According to data shared by crypto analytic firm Nansen, Binance saw a negative netflow of $778 million on the Ethereum
The AI task force advisor to the prime minister in the United Kingdom said humans have roughly two years to control and regulate artificial intelligence (AI) before it becomes too powerful. In an interview with a local UK media outlet Matt Clifford, who also serves as the chair of the government’s Advanced Research and Invention
Members of the United States Congress — Brad Sherman and Stephen Lynch — have penned a letter to the heads of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), demanding the implementation of tax regulations for the crypto industry. In a letter addressed to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, Congressmen Sherman
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