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According to CoinGecko, nearly $85 billion worth of crypto falls under the category of “alleged SEC securities.” CoinGecko launched a new index tracking the biggest crypto tokens viewed as likely securities by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  The ‘Top Alleged Securities Coins’ page sorts the selection of crypto assets by market capitalization, placing Binance Coin (BNB) at the top of the list — followed by Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL) and TRON (TRX). The top 10 alleged securities tokens by market cap. Source: CoinGecko A CoinGecko spokesperson told Cointelegraph that the index was launched in the first week of August and was constructed by compiling a selection of the most notable tokens which had been deemed securities by the SEC in past lawsuits. In its most recent lawsuits against crypto exchange giants Coinbase and Binance, the financial regulator brought the number of tokens it views as securities up a grand total of 68 — while CoinGecko only lists...

The firms were cited anonymously in the CFTC's complaint describing Binance’s alleged facilitation of U.S. clients. Trading firms Jane Street Group, Tower Research Capital and Radix Trading have been reportedly identified as Binance’s three “VIP” clients that were cited anonymously in the recent lawsuit filed against Binance by the United States commodities regulator. According to an April 5 Bloomberg report citing "people familiar with the matter,” Radix Trading is “Trading Firm A” as described in the Commodities Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) suit while Jane Street was “Trading Firm B” and Tower Research was “Trading Firm C.” The firms on the CFTC's list were examples of U.S. clients allegedly able to access Binance. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) first reported on March 28 that Radix Trading was “Trading Firm A.” Radix co-founder Benjamin Blander told the WSJ in a March 30 report that he believed the firm acted legally even when trading with Binance's offs...