His suit comes after a bipartisan group of U.S. unit and comes just weeks after Terra USD's collapse. Lockhart's lawsuit, by contrast, targets Binance's U.S. securities law did not apply because Binance was not a domestic exchange. In a separate lawsuit in 2020, investors accused Binance of selling unregistered tokens and failing to register as an exchange or broker-dealer.Ī federal judge in Manhattan dismissed that case in March, stating that the investors had waited until too long after their losses to sue and that U.S.
Lockhart is seeking to have himself and other investors who bought Terra on Binance registered as a class. "These assertions are without merit and we will defend ourselves vigorously," the spokesperson said in a statement, adding that the exchange will delist Terra USD, a decision made before the lawsuit was filed. Treasury Department - and complies with all applicable regulations. "Crypto exchanges made massive profits by flouting securities laws and causing real harm to real people."Ī Binance spokesperson said the exchange is registered with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - a unit of the U.S. "Binance and other exchanges were critical enablers of this devastating failure to comply with the securities laws," said Tibor Nagy of law firm Dontzin Nagy & Fleissig, which represents Lockhart. government as a securities exchange limits disclosure about assets traded on the platform, harming investors.
Lockhart said Binance's failure to register with the U.S.
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