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Is Cryptocurrency Enforcement Dead? SEC Dismisses Another Crypto Action

By Michael A. Mora
May 31, 2025

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a joint stipulation on May 29 with Binance, its related entities and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, to dismiss, with prejudice, the commission’s ongoing civil enforcement action against them.
Emily Kapur, co-chair of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s blockchain and digital asset litigation, and her partners, Bill Burck and Avi Perry, who are the lead attorneys for Zhao, said they are delighted that the SEC has dismissed its enforcement action against their client.

“This case never should have been brought,” the litigators said in an email. “We appreciate CZ’s trust in us and in the justice system, and we will continue to fight back against legal overreach in all its forms.”

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