SEC Chair Gary Gensler once offered to serve as an advisor to Binance in 2019, according to lawyers representing Binance and founder Changpeng Zhao, CNBC reports.
In documents filed by the SEC on June 7, attorneys from Gibson & Dunn and Latham & Watkins allege that Gensler offered to serve as an advisor to the exchange in several conversations with Binance executives, including Zhao in March 2019.
This is a developing story, and further information will be added as it becomes available.
