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SEC Sought Freeze Order Despite ‘No Evidence’ That Binance Was Moving U.S. Customer Funds
The SEC’s “pre-crime” litigation strategy seemed to annoy Judge Amy Jackson.
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Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Crypto Lobbyists Ask SEC for Info on Prometheum, the Mysterious 'Regulated' Crypto Firm
The registered exchange backed Gary Gensler’s viewpoint in front of Congress. But now it's in the hot seat.
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Prometheum founder and co-CEO Aaron Kaplan went on CoinDesk TV to discuss is Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker-dealer license approval. (CoinDesk)
Gary Gensler’s Catch-22 Vision of ‘Regulated’ Crypto Brokers
The SEC-registered trading platform Prometheum pitched the House on Gary Gensler's vision. But skeptical legislators highlighted that the platform won't offer major assets – i...
Prometheum founder and co-CEO Aaron Kaplan went on CoinDesk TV to discuss is Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker-dealer license approval. (CoinDesk)

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SEC’s DeFi Rulemaking Do-Over Falls Short
An attempt at classifying decentralized, open-source protocols as regulated exchanges is a "gussied up ban on blockchain in the U.S.," ConsenSys lawyer Bill Hughes writes.
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Binance and Coinbase: Experts Weigh What’s Coming Next
Will the SEC win? Will Binance close in the U.S.? What will Congress do? As the SEC launches wide-ranging suits against crypto’s biggest players, we asked a range of experts t...
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America is still a democracy. Technically, at least. (Andy Morffew, Flickr/CC)
The New Crypto Bill Gary Gensler Doesn’t Want You to Know About
U.S. law doesn't let appointed regulators override elected official. But the SEC head may be doing exactly that.
America is still a democracy. Technically, at least. (Andy Morffew, Flickr/CC)

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Gensler’s Hammer Strikes Twice as the SEC Sues Binance and Coinbase
The back-to-back lawsuits present new questions about the future viability of crypto exchanges in the U.S.
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Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as "CZ", founder and CEO of Binance, at Davos in 2023. (Casper Labs)
Binance Redirected $12B to Firms Controlled by CEO Changpeng Zhao, SEC Says
SEC says billions in customer funds were directed to Zhao’s firm Merit Peak via a holding company called Key Vision Development Limited.
Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as "CZ", founder and CEO of Binance, at Davos in 2023. (Casper Labs)

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Binance Says Gensler Once Offered to Be an 'Informal Advisor'
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.
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U.S. Doesn't 'Need More Digital Currency' Because It Has the Dollar, Says SEC's Gensler
U.S. Doesn't 'Need More Digital Currency' Because It Has the Dollar, Says SEC's Gensler
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chief Gary Gensler said the U.S. doesn’t need any more digital currency, as the regulator sues Binance and Coinbase for operating...
U.S. Doesn't 'Need More Digital Currency' Because It Has the Dollar, Says SEC's Gensler