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    <p>Binance has significantly expanded its investment in lobbying over the last two years, already spending over $1 million between Binance and Binance.US in 2023.</p>
    <p>OpenSecrets, which relies on Federal Election Commission disclosures, details how <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Binance" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/binance.html">Binance</a> Holdings has <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="invested" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/invested.html">invested</a> $850,000 in 2023 so far and <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Binance" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/binance.html">Binance</a>.<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="US" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/us.html">US</a> has <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="invested" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/invested.html">invested</a> $340,000. This was an interesting inversion from 2022 where <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Binance" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/binance.html">Binance</a>.<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="US" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/us.html">US</a> led the spending, investing over $1 million into <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="lobbying" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/lobbying.html">lobbying</a> for <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Binance" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/binance.html">Binance</a>.<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="US" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/us.html">US</a> and only $50,000 for <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Binance" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/binance.html">Binance</a>.</p>
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    <p>These <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="lobbying" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/lobbying.html">lobbying</a> efforts in 2022 foc<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="US" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/us.html">US</a>ed on two specific bills — the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act endorsed by Sam Bankman-Fried and the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act.&nbsp;</p>
    <p>Among the lobbying firms retained by Binance.US is FS Vector, and this year it has been retained by other firms important to the cryptocurrency ecosystem, including <strong>Dapper Labs, Ava Labs, BankWyse, Block, Chamber of Digital Commerce, and TassatPay</strong>.&nbsp;</p>
    <p>After this investment in lobbying, Binance and its former chief executive officer, Changpeng Zhao, have pleaded guilty to felony crimes related to the firm’s operation. This plea resulted in resolving cases from the Commodities Future Trading Commission, the Office of Foreign Asset Control, and FinCEN. Binance and Binance.US still face a lawsuit from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.</p>
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    <p><em>Read more: Changpeng Zhao resigns from Binance US board, transfers voting rights</em></p>
    <p>Binance is far from the only firm that has invested in new lobbying efforts, with Coinbase spending approximately twice what Binance has, with <strong>over $2.1 million spent in 2023</strong>. Kraken has spent approximately $888,000 on lobbying so far this year.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/binance-invested-heavily-in-lobbying-before-guilty-plea-tbt72104.html">https://thebittimes.com/binance-invested-heavily-in-lobbying-before-guilty-plea-tbt72104.html</a></p>

Binance invested heavily in lobbying before guilty plea

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