Changpeng Zhao
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The US government is looking to seriously inhibit people from using and accessing crypto mixing services
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The sentencing closes the book on the DOJ’s settlement with Binance and its former CEO
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The government says Zhao “willfully” and strategically put US national security at risk in order to “line his pockets”
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The US filed to modify the ex-Binance CEO’s bail to require notification of travel plans
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The correlation between Zhao’s “gm” and bitcoin’s price has been so strong that it was possible to base a dollar-cost averaging strategy around the former Binance CEO’s Twitter timeline
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The SEC, in an early December filing, argued that the DOJ’s settlement with Binance and Changpeng Zhao showed the two “deliberately” violated US law
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Binance filed a motion to dismiss the SEC’s case back in September, but the SEC says that the recent DOJ plea deals show that the company tried to skirt US law
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Changpeng Zhao may be using his time in the US to meet with founders, according to posts on X
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In a call with reporters Monday, division chief Jim Lee said that crypto-related tax evasion cases are mounting
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Crypto as an “industry” could probably do without quite as many cults of personality
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Federal judge puts pause on plan to allow Zhao to return to UAE prior to sentencing, court filing shows
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BNB has been valued higher than XRP for most of the last two years, but the gap is narrowing fast
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Uniswap is having a moment while the US has its way with top centralized exchange Binance and its former CEO Changpeng Zhao
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Bitcoin and ether posted gains Wednesday morning, rallying around 2% and 5%, respectively. Stocks also started the day in the green
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Comments come as Binance is set to pay and forfeit $4.3 billion to US regulators, while Changpeng Zhao agrees to step down
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