Binance.US request for protective order against SEC goes to magistrate judge By Cointelegraph

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A federal judge overseeing the civil case between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Binance.US and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has ordered a motion for a protective order to go to a magistrate judge.

In an Aug. 16 filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she would be referring a motion for a protective order against the SEC filed by lawyers for Binance.US to Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui for a resolution. Binance.US’ legal team filed the motion on Aug. 14, claiming at the time the order was necessary to protect the firm from the SEC’s “fishing expedition” during discovery.