{"id":2455593,"date":"2025-02-11T13:09:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?p=2455593"},"modified":"2025-02-11T13:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:09:29","slug":"sec-pauses-binance-prosecution-amid-new-crypto-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/legal\/2025\/sec-pauses-binance-prosecution-amid-new-crypto-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Pauses Binance Prosecution Amid New Crypto Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEC<\/a> reportedly wants to put its case against the world\u2019s biggest crypto exchange on hold.<\/p><div\r\n\tid=\"article-paywall-overlay\"\r\n\tclass=\"d-none\"\r\n>\r\n\t<div id=\"article-paywall-content\" class=\"my-4\">\r\n\t\t\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f2699550-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"2699550\">\n<div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/cryptocurrency\/2023\/binance-will-vigorously-defend-crypto-trading-platform-from-sec-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged in 2023<\/a> during a wave of crypto enforcement activity by regulators such as the SEC under President Joe Biden\u2019s administration, which had taken much less pro-crypto approach to the industry than what the Trump White House has promised.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the company was accused of allowing its American users to trade on its international exchange, in violation of SEC regulations.<\/p><div id=\"pymnt-4097592806\" class=\"pymnt-content pymnt-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 50px;\"><p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement: Scroll to Continue<\/p><script async type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"dianomi_context_script\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dianomi.com\/js\/contextfeed.js\"><\/script> \r\n<div class=\"dianomi_context\" data-dianomi-context-id=\"4329\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Binance <a 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