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While Binance saw the acquisition of Gopax as a means of re-entering South Korea, it was also meant to be a turning point for the local trading platform. The SEC’s lawsuit against Binance has started affecting the company’s operations, particularly its acquisition of Gopax in South Korea. The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a case against Binance for violating securities law. According to the filing with the federal court in Washington, Binance mishandled investors and also...

Many crypto exchanges including Binance believe that the SEC’s requested relief will do more harm to investors than good.  The United States arm of the Binance exchange, Binance.US has responded to the lawsuit filed against it by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to Binance.US, the lawsuit is without any basis and therefore, the exchange is ready to go to court to refute all of the unwarranted accusations. In light of facts, the law at the time, as well as the SEC’s...

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is not shaken by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s new lawsuit against his exchange. Both the executive and his company responded with brief arguments on Monday as to why Coinbase will reign victorious in its legal battle with the regulator.  A Chance to Win Clarity In a tweet on Tuesday, Armstrong said that Coinbase would be “proud” to represent the crypto industry in its SEC court battle, and to “to finally get some clarity...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s charges against Coinbase are largely reminiscent of its Binance case from just a day prior –  but also contain some key differences.  Here’s a closer look at the text and implications of the commission’s 101-page lawsuit against America’s largest crypto exchange. Coinbase and Binance: Lawsuits Compared Much like the Binance lawsuit on Monday, the SEC’s first charge against Coinbase was for serving functions of a broker,...

Die Coinbase-Aktie rutscht ins Minus. Wandern Kunden ab zu anderen Bitcoin-Börsen? Alle reden über Binance, dabei kommt jetzt heraus, die US-Börsenaufsicht verklagt auch Coinbase. Für Binance ist dies easy, theoretisch kann Binance Kunden mit US-Pass oder Wohnsitz einfach ausschliessen. Das haben schon viele Bitcoin-Börsen wie bsp. KuCoin oder Coinmama so gemacht. Aber im Falle von Coinbase ist dies anders, denn Coinbase ist ziemlich amerikanisch...

Coinbase (COIN) fell 13% on Tuesday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched a major lawsuit against the firm for violating securities laws.  Yet the agency isn’t alone: Alabama’s securities regulator is also targeting Coinbase, specifically for its failure to register its staking product.  The Need for Registration In a separate filing on Tuesday, the Alabama Securities Commission (ASC) announced that it had issued a “Show Cause Order” against...

The new lawsuit against Coinbase is coming only a few hours after the SEC sued Binance for violation of the same US securities rules. American publicly listed crypto trading platform Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) has come under the radar of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) once again. This time around, Coinbase was indicted in a New York Federal Court earlier today for operating as an unregistered national securities exchange and broker according to the...

Wird Binance sein US-Geschäft aufgeben müssen? Die grossen Kryptobörsen haben stürmische Monate hinter sich, doch die schlechten Nachrichten reissen nicht ab. Im Fadenkreuz diesmal: Branchenprimus Binance. Die US-Börsenaufsicht SEC hat gestern stolze 13 Klagen gegen das Unternehmen sowie deren Gründer Changpeng Zhao eingereicht. Die Vorwürfe dabei wiegen schwer: Der Anbieter habe unter anderem auf illegale Weise Finanzgeschäfte und Dienstleistungen...

Representatives from Coinbase, Robinhood, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, among others, will speak at a House Agriculture Committee hearing on digital asset regulation about the recently released draft crypto bill. United States legislators put forth a crypto bill to provide clear regulations for cryptocurrency, its users, and companies. The 162-page bill attempts to establish regulatory jurisdiction and definitions. However, it was also acknowledged that the bill would...

The US SEC has mysteriously deleted Hinman’s biography from its website ahead of the court’s imminent order to disclose unredacted emails from Hinman’s communications. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) erased the biography of former commissioner William Hinman from its website eight days before the court demanded the financial watchdog to provide unedited copies of all of Hinman’s emails in its case against Ripple Labs. Before now, the SEC’s website contained...