A federal judge has denied the US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) request to access Binance.US's technology infrastructure in the ongoing case. Binance.US lawyers argued that the SEC's request for documents was too broad. The SEC has been accused of not cooperating with the investigation, and the judge proposed that the SEC formulate a more targeted request and interview more witnesses. The next hearing has been moved to October 12th.
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Federal Judge Denies SEC's Request to Access Binance.US Technology Infrastructure in Ongoing Case
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