A Binance spokesperson confirmed the report to Reuters. Among others, the company also had to bid farewell to its Chief Strategy Officer, Patrick Hillmann, and General Counsel, Hon Ng, during this year. These resignations raise industry eyebrows as they follow scrutiny by authorities, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Australian Securities…
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The new stipulations oblige private funds to submit quarterly fee and performance reports on top of annual audits. Additionally, funds must disclose specified fee structures and curb the preferential treatment of some investors, especially regarding portfolio disclosures and cash-out abilities. This industry administers around $20trn in assets. Gary Gensler, the SEC chair, stated these measures…
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Likewise, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) brought similar charges against the crypto lender and its founder. The CFTC asserted that Celsius and Mashinsky operated an extensive commodity pool scheme involving digital asset commodities. The derivatives regulator announced a settlement agreement with Celsius, which includes a court order permanently prohibiting the company from engaging in…
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The US securities regulator explained that broker-dealers may encounter significant deposit obligations from time to time due to customer and PAB reserve calculations. SEC is suggesting that broker-dealers with a net cash balance of $250 million or more must perform daily calculations and promptly deposit the corresponding cash into the reserve account by the close…
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The SEC revealed Monday that it was charging Binance and said BNB and Binance USD are unregistered securities. In its documents, the SEC also listed ten other digital currencies as unregistered securities, including ADA, SOL, FIL, MATIC, ATOM, MANA, SAND, ALGO, AXS, and COTI. Furthermore, the SEC announced on Tuesday that it had charged cryptocurrency…
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SEC Chair Gary Gensler said: Through thirteen charges, we allege that Zhao and Binance entities engaged in an extensive web of deception, conflicts of interest, lack of disclosure, and calculated evasion of the law." He adds that Zhao and Binance "misled investors" about risk controls and corrupted trading volumes while "actively concealing who was operating…
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Gurbir S. Grewal, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, said: The size of today’s award – the highest in our program’s history – not only incentivizes whistleblowers to come forward with accurate information about potential securities law violations, but also reflects the tremendous success of our whistleblower program. This success directly benefits investors, as…
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The SEC alleged in a complaint filed in a New York district court that Justin Sun engaged in "extensive wash trading," artificially inflating the trading volume of TRX in the secondary market and violating anti-fraud and market manipulation provisions of federal securities laws. The regulator also accused the TRON founder of earning $31 million in…
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According to securities filings, Mr Becker, SVB’s Chief Executive, and Mr Beck, the Chief Financial Officer, sold shares the week before the bank’s collapse. Becker sold $2.3 million worth of shares and Beck sold more than $575,000 worth of shares, which amounts to one third of his holdings in the company. SEC Chair Gary Gensler…
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According to the court filings, between May 2019 and November 2022, FTX’s customer assets were not separated from the company’s as represented to the customers. Furthermore, they were “routinely held by FTX’s sister digital asset trading company, Alameda” and misappropriated for “luxury real estate purchases, political contributions, and high-risk, liquid digital asset industry investments.” The…
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