Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Binance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Binance</span></a> founder Changpeng “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CZ</span></a>” Zhao also pleaded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guilty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guilty</span></a>, paid a $50M fine & was sentenced to 4 months in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a>.</p><p>In late April—a few wks before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USD1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USD1</span></a> began trading on Binance—Zhao applied for a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>.</p><p>On Thurs, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> voluntarily dismissed its suit against Binance that accused it of failing to restrict high-net-worth individuals from the platform, misleading investors about trading controls & commingling funds that it routed to a 3rd party.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a></p>