{"id":4403,"date":"2022-06-13T10:48:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T03:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.wikibinance.com\/?p=3315"},"modified":"2022-08-23T10:14:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T03:14:56","slug":"binance-ceo-changpeng-zhao-responds-to-secs-bnb-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikibinance.com\/en\/news\/binance-ceo-changpeng-zhao-responds-to-secs-bnb-investigation.html","title":{"rendered":"Binance CEO responds to SEC&#8217;s BNB investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Binance founder and CEO Changpeng &#8220;CZ&#8221; Zhao said the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has questioned <a href=\"https:\/\/wikibinance.com\/tin-tuc\/binance-dua-ra-bao-cao-burn-token-cua-bnb-lan-thu-19.html\"><strong>the BNB token<\/strong><\/a> but the exchange has yet to be subpoenaed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that the SEC is investigating whether BNB is eligible to constitute an unregistered Securities category.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\"><span class=\"Q4iAWc\">CZ told an audience at CoinDesk&#8217;s Consensus 2022 Conference that the SEC regularly questions Binance and its products, and the exchange regularly contacts authorities.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\"><span class=\"Q4iAWc\">On stage, CZ did not say that Binance had been subpoenaed, but was only talking to the SEC.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\"><span class=\"Q4iAWc\">The SEC declined to comment on the existence of an investigation, whose policy is mandatory.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\"><span class=\"Q4iAWc\">In addition, Binance is being investigated by the Department of Justice, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Internal Revenue Service.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\"><span class=\"Q4iAWc\">CZ also said that although he has a bank account, he doesn&#8217;t use it very often.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/wikibinance.com\/binance-co-ban\/huong-dan-dang-ky-binance.html\">Binance 2022 subscription guide<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-center kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload=\"{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4403&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; 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Zhao said the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has questioned the BNB token but the exchange has yet to be subpoenaed. Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that the SEC is investigating whether BNB is eligible to constitute an unregistered Securities category. 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