NEW YORK, June 15 (Reuters) - CoinEx agreed to pay $1.8 million and be banned from operating in New York to settle state Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit accusing the cryptocurrency exchange of operating illegally because it failed to register with the state. A proposed settlement was filed on Wednesday in a New York state court in Manhattan, and requires a judge's approval. It calls for CoinEx to be banned from offering, selling or buying securities and commodities in New York, or making its platform available in the state. This month the SEC sued Binance, the largest crypto platform, and Coinbase (COIN.O), the largest U.S. crypto platform, saying they operated as exchanges without registering with the agency. Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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