The SEC alleged that Binance in particular listed 10 tokens that it viewed as securities, as examples of how the exchange was violating federal securities laws by being a broker, dealer and clearinghouse: SOL, ADA, MATIC, FIL, ATOM, SAND, MANA, ALGO, AXS and COTI. In its motion to dismiss, Binance argued that the SEC couldn’t plausibly allege that they were securities, saying they didn’t meet the tenets of the Howey Test.
A Second Look at Third-Party Token Allegations in the SEC’s Case Against Binance
