United States of America: Public lawsuit involving alleged illegal operation of digital asset derivatives exchange (CFTC v Binance)

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
27 Mar 2023 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Authorisation, registration and licensing
Policy Instrument
Business registration requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
digital payment provider (incl. cryptocurrencies)
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

27 Mar 2023
under deliberation

Announced public lawsuit involving alleged illegal operation of digital asset derivatives exchange (CFTC v Binance)

On 27 March 2023, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a public lawsuit against Binance, alleging that it operates an illegal digital asset derivatives exchange. The CFTC alleges that Binance offered and executed, sin…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body