Binance, KuCoin Win Registration From India Anti-Money Laundering Regulator as Crypto Credibility Improves
KuCoin has paid a fine of $41,000 and Binance’s financial penalty is still to be determined after a hearing with India’s FIU.
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KuCoin has paid a fine of $41,000 and Binance’s financial penalty is still to be determined after a hearing with India’s FIU.
Canadian regulators hit Binance with a C$6 million ($4.3 million) fine on Tuesday, alleging the crypto exchange committed two separate “administrative violations” of the country’s financial regulations.
A Binance team found that “VIP” clients – those trading more than $100 million per month – were engaging in pump-and-dump schemes and wash trading, the Wall Street Journal said.
Binance’s lawyer needed more time to look at evidence from Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
His four-month sentence was vindication for the Binance founder’s legal strategy.
Judge Richard Jones said he spent the weekend pouring over the voluminous letters of support for the ex-CEO of Binance until the book they were contained in literally fell apart.
Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao now faces the genuine possibility that he’ll spend three years in federal prison in the U.S. – well above the possible 18 months laid out in his plea agreement.
Suggested fines the securities watchdog suggested for Terraform Labs and Ripple are out-of-line with what it has collected from crypto firms in the past.
Binance’s founder and former chief executive, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, should spend three years in prison for his role in enabling the crypto exchange to violate federal sanctions and money laundering laws, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday night.
The fourth and final stage of approval comes almost a year after the crypto exchange secured a third-stage license.