A U.S. District Judge in the District of Columbia dismissed part of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) lawsuit against cryptocurrency trading platform Binance and its founder CZ, allowing the SEC's initial coin offering and ongoing sales of BNB, BNB Vault, staking services, unregistered and fraud charges to proceed. The judge granted Binance and CZ's motion to dismiss charges related to secondary market BNB sales and Simple Earn. (Coindesk)