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The US District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Amy Berman Jackson has accepted the “Proposed Stipulation and Consent Order” agreed upon by defendants Binance and BAM Trading (Binance.US) and plaintiff US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 17.

As CoinGape Media reported, the proposed settlement solely permits Binance.US staff to entry buyer funds on the US-based crypto exchange. Binance Global officers will likely be restricted from accessing non-public keys of all wallets together with chilly and scorching wallets, {hardware} and software program, in addition to Binance.US’s inner techniques and controls inside 14 days.

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Federal Judge Signed Binance, Binance.US, and US SEC Proposed Deal

According to the consent order signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson, Binance should “repatriate” all fiat foreign money and crypto belongings associated to Binance.US on or earlier than the date the court docket points this order.

“Stipulating Defendants shall repatriate to the United States, transfer to BAM Trading, and confirm that BAM Trading maintains possession, custody and control in the United States of all fiat currency and crypto assets that are deposited, held, traded, or accrued by customers, including affiliated and non-affiliated liquidity providers (hereinafter referred to as “Customers”) on the crypto buying and selling platform Binance.US.”

Binance.US should not present possession, custody, or management over buyer belongings to any particular person or entity, together with Binance and CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao. Binance.US is ordered to create new crypto wallets with new non-public and administrative keys. Binance and Binance.US companies may have totally different wallets and administration.

In addition, Binance.US might switch crypto custody of the staking-as-a-service program to custodians BitGO or Aegis beneath a number of circumstances.

Moreover, Binance.US will share an in depth monetary assertion together with enterprise bills and estimated prices from December 1, 2022 to the date of the accounting, with the US SEC within the subsequent few weeks.

The federal choose ordered the events to file a joint standing report on June 23 proposing a schedule for additional proceedings or setting forth the events’ particular person proposals if they can’t agree on a joint proposal

We need to present an replace on the present battle https://t.co/AZwoBOh0gq finds itself in with the SEC. We are happy to tell you that the Court didn’t grant the SEC’s request for a TRO and freeze of belongings on our platform which was clearly unjustified by each the info and…

— Binance.US 🇺🇸 (@BinanceUS) June 17, 2023

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