Binance Strikes Back: Why It Is Taking The Wall Street Journal To Court

Binance Strikes Back: Why It Is Taking The Wall Street Journal To Court

Binance has filed a defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) over a “false and defamatory” article. Why Binance Filed Following a WSJ reporting published on February 23, Binance has announced on a blog post today that they have filed a lawsuit against them, claiming that the article contained “false and defamatory statements”. The complaint seeks “vindication” of Binance’s reputation and “accountability for the harm those statements have caused”, citing amongst these consequences “baseless and unnecessary inquiries into the company” by government officials, referring to....


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