Crypto exchange Binance, CEO sued by US regulator over violations


FILE PHOTO Zhao Changpeng founder and chief executive officer of Binance at the Viva Technology conference in Paris France June 16 2022. REUTERSBenoit Tessier

FILE PHOTO: Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance, at the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

(Reuters) - Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance and executives, including CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao, have been sued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for regulatory violations, according to a court filing on Monday.

Binance, the world's biggest crypto exchange, had from at least July 2019 to the present "offered and executed commodity derivatives transactions on behalf of U.S. persons," in violation of U.S. laws, the CFTC said in its complaint.

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