However the messaging surrounding the fits makes the SEC’s latest strikes appear reactive, political and albeit, simply beneath the bluster, weak. Particularly, the SEC appears to be attempting to place Coinbase and Binance into the identical bucket because the frauds of 2022, reminiscent of Luna, Celsius and above all FTX. The SEC has been extensively seen as giving FTX deferential therapy earlier than it was revealed as a large fraud, so now it’s demonstrating that it actually could be a hard-nosed regulator – it’s simply doing so a few years late, and to the unsuitable targets.
