Binance Australia Hit With $6.9M Fine After Investors Lose Millions on Derivatives
By Decrypt Agent
Published on March 27, 2026.
Australia's Federal Court has ordered Oztures Trading Pty Ltd, trading as Binance Australia Derivatives, to pay an AUD $10 million ($6.9 million USD) penalty after admitting to exposing 524 retail investors to high-risk crypto derivative products without required consumer protections. The misclassification occurred between July 2022 and April 2023, with the misclassified client group incurred AUD $8.66 million in trading losses and paid AUD $3.89 million in fees. Binance admitted to failures in client onboarding that allowed retail clients to make unlimited attempts at a multiple-choice quiz to qualify as sophisticated investors. The penalty is on top of approximately AUD $13.1 million already paid to affected clients in 2023.
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