Tether’s bank partner Britannia is reportedly facing a lawsuit over claims it failed to pay the full price of revenue-generating assets allegedly related to a deposit from Tether.
Binance transferred $3.9 billion in USDT between its wallets, days before a report about a $4 billion settlement with the United States Justice Department was published.
The crypto community, including prominent industry lawyers and U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, is sounding off about the new lawsuit filed by the U.S. SEC against cryptocurrency exchange Kraken.
BNB hit its highest price since June after Bloomberg reported the U.S. Justice Department wanted $4 billion from Binance to end its probe into the exchange.
The SEC alleged Kraken operated as an unregistered exchange, broker, dealer and clearing agency, adding that it commingled customer assets with its own.