Binance, CZ und 3 Influencer in $1B-Klage genannt

• Binance, Changpeng Zhao und drei Influencer wurden in einer $1-Milliarden-Klage genannt, in der behauptet wird, sie hätten nicht registrierte Wertpapiere beworben.
• Die Anwaltskanzlei Moscowitz und Boies Schiller Flexner reichten die Klage im Southern District of Florida ein und fordern Schadensersatz für drei Investoren.
• Die drei in der Binance-Klage genannten Influencer sind NBA Miami Heat-Star Jimmy Butler sowie die YouTuber Graham Stephan und Ben Armstrong (BitBoy Crypto).
• “We’ve been investigating these same unregistered security issues against Binance for over a year,” said the lawsuit.

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Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by spot trading volume, has been the center of many lawsuits amid increasing regulatory pressure in the US. Interestingly, the exchange has also faced pressure to discontinue the minting of its stablecoin, BUSD. As per a report, the crypto exchange along with its CEO and co-founder, Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ in the crypto space, along with three other influencers have been named in a $1 billion lawsuit. 

Laut einem Bericht von Reichtum, Die Anwaltskanzlei Moscowitz und Boies Schiller Flexner reichten die Klage gegen Binance, CZ, und drei Influencer im südlichen Distrikt von Florida ein und behaupteten, dass die Krypto-Börse für die rechtswidrige Förderung nicht registrierter Wertpapiere mit Hilfe von bezahlten Influencern verantwortlich sei. 

“This is a classic example of a centralized exchange which is promoting the sale of an unregistered security,” said the filing while explaining the charges.

The three influencers named in the Binance lawsuit are NBA Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler, and YouTubers Graham Stephan and Ben Armstrong (BitBoy Crypto). In a similar lawsuit against Voyager Digital, the law firm claimed that influencers promoting “unregistered securities” are liable for customer losses. It seems that the same issue appears here as well. 

It is crucial to note that the influencers and the exchange are asked to pay $1 billion as damages to investors. “We’ve been investigating these same unregistered security issues against Binance for over a year,” said the lawsuit, while adding that the partners of Binance and CZ are responsible for the losses of the customers and will have to pay accordingly.

Die Klage behauptet auch, dass die Investoren, die von den Empfehlungen von Binance, CZ und den Influencern betroffen waren, nicht verpflichtet sind, dem Gericht nachzuweisen, dass sie von diesen Werbekampagnen betroffen waren. Über drei Erfinder wurden in den Fall verwickelt, wobei die Anwaltskanzlei angab, dass Millionen von Anlegern betroffen sein könnten. Es ist geplant, dem Fall auch weitere Influencer hinzuzufügen. 

CEO von Binance erklärt Beziehungen zu China

Binance und seine Beziehung zu China wurden über sieben Jahre lang verschwiegen, claims a report from the Financial Times, and this news rocked the industry. “We no longer publish our office addresses … people in China can directly say that our office is not in China,” Zhao had reportedly said in a company message group in November 2017. 

On the other hand, the exchange spoke to Cointelegraph, confirming that it “does not operate in China nor do we have any technology, including servers or data, based in China,” and adding:

“While we did have a customer service call center based in China to service global Mandarin speakers, those employees who wished to remain with the company were offered relocation assistance starting in 2021.”

It is also important to mention here that Binance, CZ, and the exchange’s Chief Compliance Officer, Samuel Lim, were sued by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for Verstoß gegen Handels- und Derivateregeln.

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