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Ben Weiss

SHOCKING: Will the cftc s suit against binance help coinbase | Mind Blowing Facts

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission hit the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange with an explosive lawsuit on Monday, alleging, among other things, that Binance knew it was facilitating trading for criminals.

“Like come on. They are here for crime,” Binance’s former chief compliance officer, Samuel Lim, wrote in a chat message referring to customers, including some from Russia.

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