突發事件:美國證券交易委員會對 Binance 硬幣 (BNB)

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突發事件:美國證券交易委員會對 Binance 硬幣 (BNB)

彭博社 report, 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.

在撰寫本文時, 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 小時圖上小幅下跌。 來源: BNBUSDT交易視圖

Additional information claims the Commission might also be proving Binance。我們, 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 報導 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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這場法律鬥爭還遠未結束,但最近的事態發展似乎對監管機構不利。 從這個意義上說,法律專家柯林斯·貝爾頓 評論 the following on the probe against Binance 幣種(BNB):

已經過去 5 年了,它的 mcap 高於大多數美國公司,如果您擔心潛在的危害,為什麼要等這麼久才採取潛在的行動呢? 讓東西膨脹只是為了刺痛它,這似乎是誘導消費者傷害而不是避免傷害的良方。

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