I'm not supporting anyone on this issue; both the SEC and Binance CEO are not completely clean; they all have what's going on for them under the ground. In as much as the SEC is claiming to be protecting their investors interests by deciding for them on what's safe and what's not safe, I always see a personal interest and attack over their past and present cases with crypto exchanges.
Binance and Coinbase, on the other hand, have helped the crypto community by promoting and making things a little bit easier for people who need it closer to them and easier to assess, but they are here to do business, and their sole aim is to make profit, and for them to make this profit, they all have their fvcking hands dirty in doing the wrong thing, which we might never have any idea of, so what's what? They know how to handle themselves, the SEC says what they are selling to their citizens is not safe, then it's left for Binance to either agree or they let the citizens who they are protecting decide. Then, on the part of being unregistered, if it's actually true that they are operating some service unregistered under the US then the SEC has the right to sue them.
Whoever wins the case, it does not really matter much to Bitcoin and other crypto. I'm general BNB, and any coin associated with Binance might be affected... But bitcoin transactions will still continue.
I agree with the most part of this.
The part I don't agree with, similar to what I don't agree with in the OP, is that Binance and Coinbase should be known for "Helping the crypto community"...Did they help on-boarding and adoption? Sure. Did they accelerate it at an unnatural pace? Undoubtedly in my opinion. Should they be considered "Helpers"? I don't think so. I think they created businesses that profited from the growth of cryptocurrency, and maybe added to that growth, but that's as far as the description should go.
What's your say on this?
As for who to support - I don't support either of them either. Both are extremely dirty. The SEC target who they please while real criminals and dirty organizations are left untouched. Binance create, pump and dump shitcoins, manipulate the market, commit all sorts of malpractice and etc. It's no secret.
The battle ongoing is not whether or not Binance are guilty. It's whether or not the SEC have the power to actually go after them and successfully shut down the operation. I don't believe that they have the power to shut them down, and that Binance will just cut themselves off from the US.
The fate of Coinbase on the other hand, will either be because of deals done within the U.S. or the start of the U.S. cutting themselves off from crypto.