The US regulators filed a suit against the Binance cryptocurrency exchange
The US regulators have filed a suit against Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and its CEO Changpeng Zhao for trading violations due to lack of registration. Allegations include allowing US citizens to trade in the past. Investigations have been ongoing since 2021, culminating in this legal action.
In light of the recent legal cases and lawsuits against companies from the cryptocurrency industry, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a suit against world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange Binance. The Binance exchange, and the company CEO Changpeng Zhao are accused of trading violation, by not registering with the US regulatory body.
The commission has been investigating the online exchange since 2021 and this is a final step in their investigation. The CFTC claims that Binance also allowed US citizens to buy and trade cryptocurrency on its platform, back in 2017. Currently, the US citizens are not allowed to trade on the exchange which implements Know Your Customer (KYC) procedure. The companies CEO Changpeng Zhao is accused of having numerous accounts on the exchange which he used to trade against their customers.
The Binance exchange started in Shanghai and it now holds companies in a couple of world jurisdictions, with a yearly revenue of $20 billion. Mr Changpeng Zhao has Canadian and Chinese passports, while living in Dubai.
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