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The move, announced by Binance late on Thursday, comes after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued the company this week for violating a series of rules and asked a judge to freezing of its assets in the country.
Thus, the US division of Binance will no longer accept dollars for the purchase of cryptocurrencies and recommends its users to withdraw the dollars they have deposited on the platform before June 13, warning that delays may be seen in these processes. .
As the company explained through Twitter, the banks have informed it that they are preparing to paralyze the dollar withdrawal channels from Binance as of that date.
Binance reacts
In its statement, Binance blamed the entire situation on the SEC, which it accused of launching an “ideological campaign against the digital asset industry” and of using “extremely aggressive and intimidation tactics.”
“While we remain open to a productive engagement that enables a thriving digital asset market in the United States, Binance.US will continue to defend itself and our clients and the industry against baseless SEC attacks,” the company noted.
This week, the stock exchange regulator accused Binance of operating illegally in the US, improperly managing its users’ funds, and lying to investors and regulators, among other things.
The SEC filed a total of 13 charges against Binance and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, accusing them of blatantly ignoring US stock market laws and earning billions of dollars in exchange for putting their assets at “significant risk”. customers.
On the other hand, last Tuesday the SEC also sued the cryptocurrency platform Coinbase for operating as a stock exchange and a stockbroker without being registered.