Binance to Leave Netherlands After Failing to Meet Registration Requirements

Binance to Leave Netherlands After Failing to Meet Registration Requirements

Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange, said on Friday that it was leaving the Dutch market because it had been unable to meet registration requirements to operate as a virtual asset service provider. It is the latest in a string of setbacks for Binance including the June 5 decision by the…

Binance Operations Declared Illegal by Nigerian Market Regulator, Asked to Discontinue

Binance Operations Declared Illegal by Nigerian Market Regulator, Asked to Discontinue

Nigeria’s markets regulator has ordered the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance to halt its operations in the country, saying a local unit that courted Nigerian investors through a website was illegal. “Binance Nigeria Limited is hereby directed to immediately stop soliciting Nigerian investors in any form whatsoever,” the Securities and…

Binance.US Said to Have Laid Off Employees After US SEC Charges

Binance.US Halts Dollar Deposits After SEC Crackdown, Asks Customers to Withdraw Dollar Funds

The US affiliate of Binance said it was halting dollar deposits and gave customers until Tuesday to withdraw their dollar funds, after the US securities regulator asked a court to freeze its assets. Binance.US, the purportedly independent partner of Binance, said in a tweet on Thursday that its banking partners…

Coinbase CEO Says the Crypto Exchange Has Been Always Transparent With US SEC

Coinbase CEO Says the Crypto Exchange Has Been Always Transparent With US SEC

Coinbase Global’s CEO Brian Armstrong said on Wednesday that the crypto exchange has a long history of being transparent with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Armstrong was speaking in an interview with CNBC, a day after the company was sued by the US securities regulator on allegations it failed…

Coinbase Clarifies to US SEC That It Does Not List Securities and Has Not Broken Any Securities Laws

Coinbase Clarifies to US SEC That It Does Not List Securities and Has Not Broken Any Securities Laws

Coinbase Global has reiterated its view to the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it has not broken any securities laws in its formal response to a legal threat received from the regulator, the firm said on Thursday. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal said the crypto…

Coinbase Sues SEC for Response on Months-Old Petition Seeking Clarity on Regulation of Crypto Sector

Coinbase Sues SEC for Response on Months-Old Petition Seeking Clarity on Regulation of Crypto Sector

Coinbase, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, has sued the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to clarify rules surrounding the growth of crypto businesses in the US. The crypto exchange has asked a US court to compel the SEC to provide detailed information to allow crypto companies to…

Binance’s Stablecoin Company Paxos in Discussions With US SEC Over Security Token

Binance’s Stablecoin Company Paxos in Discussions With US SEC Over Security Token

The firm behind Binance’s stablecoin, Paxos Trust Company, is in discussions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after the regulator told the company it should have registered the token as a security, according to an internal email from Paxos’ chief executive officer. “We are engaged in constructive discussions with…

Kim Kardashian Agrees to Pay .26 Million to US SEC for Unlawful Crypto Promotion on Social Media

Kim Kardashian Agrees to Pay $1.26 Million to US SEC for Unlawful Crypto Promotion on Social Media

Kim Kardashian has agreed to pay $1.26 million (nearly Rs. 10 crore) to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that she promoted a cryptocurrency on Instagram without disclosing that she’d been paid $250,000 (nearly Rs. 2 crore) to do so. The SEC said Monday that the reality TV star and…

Tesla Received Second Subpoena From US SEC Over Elon Musk’s 2018 Go-Private Tweets

Tesla Received Second Subpoena From US SEC Over Elon Musk’s 2018 Go-Private Tweets

Tesla has received a second subpoena from the US Securities and Exchange Commission over its Chief Executive Elon Musk’s tweets in 2018 about taking the company private, the electric automaker disclosed in a regulatory filing on Monday. The company said it received the subpoena on June 13 and will cooperate…