Crypto Derivatives in Court: Why Binance’s UK Fight Could Redraw the Perps Playbook
1,692 UK investors sue Binance for £150m over retail perps as CME challenges CFTC’s approval of perpetuals. What shifts for exchanges, traders, and design.
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Read full article1,692 UK investors sue Binance for £150m over retail perps as CME challenges CFTC’s approval of perpetuals. What shifts for exchanges, traders, and design.
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Nearly 1,700 UK investors have filed a £150 million (nearly $200 million) claim against Binance and founder Changpeng Zhao in London’s High Court, alleging the exchange sold them high-risk crypto derivatives it was never authorized to offer. A Decade-Old Marketing Push Under Scrutiny The claimants allege that Binance began marketing complex leveraged derivative products to […]