Crypto faces a reckoning with securities laws in the US that’s been years in the making. Brand new regulations specific to cryptocurrency may be the only...
The 1929 crash motivated Congress to pass the nation’s first national securities laws. The “dot-com” bubble’s collapse from 2000 to 2002 was ushered in by the...
Asset management BlackRock has a strong record in getting its products approved. Issuers looking to launch a spot bitcoin ETF in the US have a terrible...
Despite being handed a Thursday deadline to file a compromise that would avoid the full freeze of Binance.US’ assets, a deal between Binance and the SEC...
following the SEC’s decision to sue Binance and Coinbase, a proposal to hire a lawyer for the Cosmos Hub has been drafted as a potential precaution....
The public outcry against the SEC for “regulating through enforcement actions” is unfounded, Gurbir Grewal, the agency’s director of the division of enforcement, said. “I brush...
Bakkt will be delisting native tokens for prominent blockchains Solana, Polygon and Cardano in light of the regulatory environment in the US. A Bakkt spokesperson confirmed...
About a week after the SEC made headlines for suing Binance and Coinbase A day apart, the crypto unit chief within the regulator’s enforcement division took...
Coinbase is the latest company to push back against the SEC’s proposed definition change. Reopened in April, the SEC’s public comment period closed on Tuesday. In...
Binance.US and the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) are racing against a deadline to strike a deal that could prevent a full asset freeze for the...
House Financial Services Committee Republicans have asked the SEC to rescind its proposed rule to change the definition of “exchange.” In a letter sent to the...
The Blockchain Association filed a second 14-page letter to the SEC’s proposed exchange definition change. The SEC is seeking to expand the definition of exchanges to...
The SEC has responded to Coinbase after a court requested clarity from the commission and gave them a seven-day deadline. The SEC’s response is in Coinbase’s...
The brokerage eToro is cutting off US customers from four crypto tokens newly deemed securities by the SEC. The market maker on Monday cited a “rapidly...
Binance.US is preparing for a legal showdown, and it’s beefing up its legal team ahead of a hearing scheduled for June 13. In a filing on...
In partial agreement with the SEC’s argument on crypto, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said over the weekend that a lot of crypto securities are currently on...
Hong Kong legislator Johnny Ng has invited Coinbase and other crypto exchanges to establish official operations in the city state amid hostility from US regulators. “I...
“It’s not in my best interests as a registered investment advisor to criticize openly, and in a public forum, the person or persons who regulate me,”...
In response to increased regulatory scrutiny in the US, crypto companies have begun placing a greater emphasis on hiring legal professionals. This follows recent developments regarding...
The crypto mania has enchanted investors worldwide for years. The Biden administration’s recent crackdown on crypto exchanges, led by the Securities and Exchange Commission, is a...