Binance Suffers Rapid Loss After New SEC Allegations

Key Points:

• On Monday, Binance saw net outflows of almost $1.4 billion in one hour.
• The withdrawals occurred as the SEC complaint charges that the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume violated various federal securities laws.
• Not just the exchange but the entire market seems to be affected by this news.

As the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued the company and its CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, for breaking federal securities law, cryptocurrency traders withdrew the most money from Binance since the financial crisis in March.

According to 0xScope, when the SEC sued Binance, its reserve assets had a net outflow of around $1.4 billion within 1 hour (14-15 UTC, June 5), accounting for 2.6% of its total reserve assets of $52.9 billion.

Blockchain data suggests that the exchange had $503 million in net withdrawals on Monday, according to a Dune Analytics report by crypto investment product provider 21Shares. The figure shows that traders have withdrawn more than $1 billion in digital assets over this time period, compared to $546 million in deposits.

The whole cryptocurrency market is down on the news, with most coins falling by 5%-10%. After the SEC’s lawsuit against the exchange and its CEO, altcoins have suffered the worst losses.

Although outflows are increasing, this is not necessarily unusual. In February, Binance had over 800 million net withdrawals in a 24-hour period when New York state officials clamped down on Binance-related stablecoin BUSD.

The SEC on Monday accused Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, of mishandling client cash and lying to US authorities and investors about its operations in a broad lawsuit that has the potential to reshape the crypto landscape of power and riches.

According to the SEC, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange covertly moved billions of dollars in client assets to a separate company owned by Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao.

In the 136-page complaint, the agency claimed that Binance had covertly transferred billions of dollars in consumer cash to a second business, Merit Peak Limited, which is owned by CZ.

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