Binance Holdings and its former CEO Changpeng Zhao have reacted to a move by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC has filed to include Binance’s admission of guilt to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in its own legal proceedings.

In the filing submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Binance insisted the SEC’s attempt to include the $4.3 billion guilty plea and settlement agreement with the DOJ in the continuing case was procedurally incorrect and should not be allowed.

The ongoing Binance-SEC legal case began on June 5, 2023, when the agency accused the company of 13 securities law violations, including that Zhao and Binance managed…

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