Binance Slams SEC’s Hypocritical Stance on Crypto Regulation: Report

• During the recent court hearing, the Binance lawyers criticized the SEC’s hypocritical stance on crypto regulations.
• The regulators apparently remained silent while the judge asked the SEC to define a security token.
• Paul Grewal states that the SEC was silent about Hinman’s test as if the question was never asked.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s autocratic authority over the crypto space has been in question over the past years. In the recent Binance-SEC court hearing, Binance lawyers criticized the regulators’ hypocritical stance on crypto regulation.

As per reports, Judge Amy Berman Jackson, US District Court for the District of Columbia, ordered the SEC to define a security token, elaborating on the “boundary between a security token and a virtual currency. While the SEC argued that all digital assets come under the category of security, the judge asked, “How are the issuers supposed to know when they cross the line?”.

According to prominent crypto voices, including Paul Grewal and MetaLawman, the SEC deliberately remained silent on the matter. MetaLawMan pointed out t…

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