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US regulators continue crypto crackdown – but here's why the latest charges are different

Written by Andrew Urquhart, Professor of Finance & Financial Technology, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading

Binance is one of several crypto firms that have been sued by US regulators recently.oasisamuel/Shutterstock

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued the cryptocurrency platform Coinbase shortly after launching a lawsuit against the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance.

This isn’t the first time Binance and...

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