
KEY POINTS
- The court order formalizes the settlement agreement initially announced on Nov. 21
- That agreement imposed a $150 million civil monetary penalty against Zhao
- It also required a $1.35 billion ill-gotten transaction fee and a $1.35 billion penalty for Binance
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on Monday that it is ending its enforcement action, as a U.S. court entered an order against Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) that would see both pay $2.7 billion and $150 million, respectively.