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SEC sues Cumberland DRW for unregistered crypto dealer activities

DIGIT — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:31:23 +0000

Cumberland allegedly had $2 billion worth of unregistered crypto dealing since 2018.

SEC expands Binance lawsuit: AXS, FIL, ATOM now securities

DIGIT — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:11:51 +0000

The SEC’s latest lawsuit update targets additional tokens like Axie Infinity, Filecoin, and Cosmos as unregistered securities, continuing its crackdown on the crypto industry.

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SEC Chair Gensler Calls for More Regulatory Sunlight in Cryptocurrency Sector at Law Conference

DIGIT — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 21:15:53 +0000

At a recent gathering at the Columbia Law School Conference, Gary Gensler, the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, addressed the assembly on the topic of the digital currency landscape. His discourse highlighted the “benefits of mandatory disclosure,” with Gensler humorously alleging that certain “participants in crypto securities markets that seek to avoid […]

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SEC Chair Gensler Cautions About Crypto Investing — Warns ‘Thousands’ of Crypto Tokens May Be Securities

DIGIT — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 02:30:49 +0000

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has cautioned about crypto investing. “This is a highly speculative asset class. One could just look at the volatility of bitcoin in the last few days,” he stressed, warning that thousands of crypto tokens may be securities. Gary Gensler’s Crypto Investment Warning The chairman of the […]

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US Judge Backs SEC: Trading of Certain Cryptocurrencies on Secondary Markets Are Securities Transactions

DIGIT — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 05:45:37 +0000

A U.S. district judge has sided with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a ruling that declares the trading of certain crypto assets on secondary markets to be securities transactions. This decision emerged from an insider trading case involving crypto exchange Coinbase’s former product manager Ishan Wahi, his brother Nikhil Wahi, and their friend […]

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CoinGecko now has an index for crypto tokens alleged as securities

DIGIT — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 06:20:03 +0000

According to CoinGecko, nearly $85 billion worth of crypto falls under the category of “alleged SEC securities.”

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eToro halts ALGO, MANA, MATIC and DASH purchases for US customers

DIGIT — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:56:43 +0000

The firm said it remains a “supporter” of the crypto sector and suggested that the move was purely to avoid any potential regulatory non-compliance.

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Committee Advises SEC to ‘Aggressively Assert Authority’ Over Crypto — Says Virtually All Crypto Tokens Are Securities

DIGIT — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 03:30:22 +0000

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee has advised the SEC to “aggressively” assert authority over crypto assets that are securities. The advisory committee believes that “virtually all, if not all, crypto tokens are securities,” urging the regulator to “make crypto asset-related enforcement a top priority.” SEC Urged to ‘Aggressively’ Assert Authority Over […]

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SEC accuses Utah firm of ‘fraudulent’ $18M crypto mining scheme

DIGIT — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 01:12:26 +0000

The SEC said Green United’s operation was a fraud and the community was quick to quell fears of the SEC classing crypto mining as a security in the suit.

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Ripple Lawyer Argues SEC Chair Gensler Has Prejudged Crypto Asset Cases

DIGIT — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 21:30:23 +0000

Recently, Gary Gensler, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), expressed his opinion in a detailed interview with New York Magazine’s Intelligencer regarding why he believes crypto assets other than bitcoin are securities. However, Stuart Alderoty, Ripple’s chief legal officer, argues that Gensler must “recuse himself from voting on any enforcement case […]

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