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Breaking: U.S. SEC Launches Investigation Against Binance 硬币 (BNB)
彭博社 报告, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission launched a probe against crypto exchange Binance的原生令牌 Binance Coin (BNB). The Commission is investigating Binance Holdings Ltd., the report claims, for potentially breaking U.S. securities law.
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Binance was launched in 2017, and in July that year, it deployed its native token via an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Binance Coin (BNB) was distributed amongst early backers and angel investors and the exchange’s core team.
The token was sold for 15 cents at its public sale, and it help Binance to raise around $15 million in funds. The money was used to improve the platform, growth, marketing, education, and more.
Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg claims the Commission is investigating if Binance should have registered BNB as a security and if the ICO constitutes the illegal sales of an unregistered security. The token is currently of the most popular in the world and has been moving from the third to the fifth position in terms of market capitalization.
在撰写本文时， Binance Coin (BNB) trades at $295 and records a 2% and 4% loss in the last 24-hours and 7-days, respectively. The token records over $48 billion in market cap, the number three token without counting stablecoins Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) and seems to be negatively reacting to the news.
BNB 在 4 小时图上小幅下跌。 资源： BNBUSDT交易视图Additional information claims the Commission might also be proving Binance.US, Binance’s subsidiary, to determine if the company is separated from its parent company business. Binance is yet to issue an official statement related to the investigation.
The crypto exchange platforms seem to be facing a day of negative news. Earlier today, Bitcoin是 报道 on a Reuter investigation claiming that Binance has enabled as much as $2.3 billion in money laundering through its platform.
Binance deny these accusations and highlighted its role in assisting law enforcement agencies to prevent criminals from levering its platform for illegal activities.
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The U.S. SEC has launched legal actions against crypto-based companies for allegedly selling unregistered securities. Most notoriously, the Commission is currently in a legal battle against payment company Ripple and two of its executives for this reason.
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这场法律战还远未结束，但最近的事态发展似乎对监管机构不利。 从这个意义上说，法律专家柯林斯·贝尔顿 评论 the following on the probe against Binance Coin (BNB):
已经 5 年了，它的 mcap 比大多数美国公司都高，如果你担心潜在的危害，为什么要等这么久才采取潜在的行动呢？ 让事情膨胀到只在巨大的时候刺破它似乎是一种诱导消费者伤害而不是阻止它的方法。
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