Economy Apr 30 Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to 4 months in prison for allowing money laundering By Gene Johnson, Associated Press
Nation Nov 21 Watch 4:10 News Wrap: Cryptocurrency exchange Binance pleads guilty in securities investigation In our news wrap Tuesday, Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, pleaded guilty in a sweeping U.S. securities investigation and agreed to pay $4.3 billion in fines, North Korea claims it launched a spy satellite into orbit and the Philippines…
Politics Nov 21 WATCH: Garland and Yellen announce $4 billion settlement with Binance over failures to prevent money laundering “In part because of the crimes it committed, Binance became the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange — now, Binance is paying one of the largest corporate penalties in U.S. history,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. By Lindsay Whitehurst, Gene Johnson, Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Economy Jun 17 Under court deal with SEC, Binance can continue U.S. operations amid fraud suit The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Binance have reached an agreement in court that lets the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange continue to operate in the United States as it battles SEC fraud charges. By Frank Bajak, Associated Press
Nation Jun 06 Watch 5:48 U.S. sues cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Binance for securities violations The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it is suing Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency platform in the U.S. It comes one day after the SEC announced its lawsuit against Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, accusing it of lying to American… By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris, Shoshana Dubnow
Jun 05 Cryptocurrency exchange Binance mishandled funds and violated securities laws, SEC lawsuit says By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the SEC lawsuit on Monday lists thirteen charges against the firm — including commingling and diverting customer assets to an entity Zhao owned called Sigma Chain. Continue reading