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Binance US Ends $1 Billion Deal to Buy Bankrupt Crypto Firm Voyager

  • FTX had agreed to buy Voyager before its own collapse
  • Abrupt deal reversal comes after earlier objections from SEC
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Binance.US terminated an agreement to purchase the bankrupt crypto broker Voyager Digital Holdings Ltd., less than a week after federal regulators dropped their efforts to halt the dealBloomberg Terminal in court.

The decision came after months of wrangling and the intervention of multiple federal and state regulators over the deal. In a statement, Binance.US said “the hostile and uncertain regulatory climate in the United States has introduced an unpredictable operating environment impacting the entire American business community.”