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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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Ripple CEO Slams SEC Chair Gensler for Dictating Which Crypto Tokens Are Securities

DIGIT — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 04:15:14 +0000

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has slammed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler for claiming that he has the authority to determine which crypto tokens are securities, rather than relying on the legislation that governs his agency’s power. “It’s time for elected officials in the U.S. to take notice,” the Ripple executive stressed. Ripple’s […]

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CFTC Chair Insists Ether Is a Commodity, Not a Security as Claimed by SEC Chairman

DIGIT — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 04:34:56 +0000

The chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has insisted that ether is a commodity, not a security as claimed by the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The CFTC chief stressed that the derivatives watchdog would not have allowed ether futures products to be listed on CFTC-regulated exchanges “if we did […]

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US Lawmaker Calls on SEC Chair Gensler to Testify About His Crypto Regulatory Failures

DIGIT — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 02:30:24 +0000

U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer has called on the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, to testify before Congress and “answer questions about the cost of his regulatory failures.” The lawmaker stressed: “Gensler has repeatedly dodged Congress at the expense of investors … leaving us to learn about the SEC’s crypto investigations, […]

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SEC Chair Gensler Discusses Crypto Regulation Following FTX Collapse — Says This Field Is ‘Significantly Non-Compliant’

DIGIT — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 01:30:01 +0000

The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has outlined two paths the agency is taking to regulate the crypto industry. Meanwhile, a U.S. congressman is investigating whether Gensler helped FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and his bankrupt crypto exchange on legal loopholes to obtain a regulatory monopoly. SEC Chair Gensler on […]

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SEC Chair Gensler Insists Most Crypto Tokens Are Securities — Says ‘the Law Is Clear’

DIGIT — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 02:30:51 +0000

The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has reiterated that most crypto tokens are securities, emphasizing that “the law is clear on this.” However, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has asked Congress for authority over crypto spot markets and several bills have been introduced in Congress this year to […]

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CFTC Chairman on US Crypto Regulation: We Have to Rely on 70-Year-Old Case Law to Determine What’s a Security or Commodity

DIGIT — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 01:30:15 +0000

The chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says his agency and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) “have to rely on 70-year-old case law to determine what’s a security or a commodity.” He stressed that the SEC and CFTC are working together to regulate the crypto space, noting that “It’s not a turf […]

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Coinbase Pushes for Single Crypto Regulator: CEO Says ‘We Have 53 Regulators in Just One Country, the US’

DIGIT — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:00:25 +0000

Crypto exchange Coinbase has been meeting with a number of regulators to convince them that the U.S. should have just one federal regulator overseeing the crypto sector. Currently, there is a variety of different regulators in the U.S., CEO Brian Armstrong explained, noting that Coinbase has “53 regulators in just one country, the United States.” […]

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SEC Asking for Jurisdiction Over All Crypto Exchanges Is ‘a Blatant Power Grab,’ Says Lawmaker

DIGIT — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:30:27 +0000

U.S. Congressman Patrick McHenry has slammed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for asking for jurisdiction over all crypto exchanges, including non-securities ones. He called it “a blatant power grab that will hurt American innovation,” adding, “We don’t need another backroom deal between Gensler and Elizabeth Warren.” Lawmaker Slams SEC for Blatant Power Grab […]

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SEC appoints New Jersey Attorney General as director of enforcement

DIGIT — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 05:59:29 +0000

The SEC has appointed New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal as the Director of the Division of Enforcement.

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