{"id":343334,"date":"2024-07-13T05:13:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T23:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=343334"},"modified":"2024-07-13T05:14:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T23:44:38","slug":"sec-terminates-investigation-into-bitcoin-btc-layer-2-stacks-developer-hiro-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/sec-terminates-investigation-into-bitcoin-btc-layer-2-stacks-developer-hiro-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Terminates Investigation Into Bitcoin (BTC) Layer-2 Stacks Developer Hiro &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is dropping its investigation into the firm behind the popular Bitcoin (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/bitcoin\">BTC<\/a>) layer-2 chain Stacks (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/stx\">STX<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>According to a new <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1693656\/000119312524178107\/d781779d1u.htm\">Form 1-U filing<\/a> from the SEC, the securities regulator has investigated STX-developer Hiro and decided not to pursue any further actions against the crypto firm.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTermination of SEC Investigation<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On July 9, 2024, Hiro Systems PBC (\u2018Hiro\u2019) was informed by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the \u2018SEC\u2019) that the staff concluded its investigation as to the Stacks Blockchain and that based on the information known to the staff as of that date, the staff does not intend to recommend an enforcement action by the SEC against Hiro.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This concludes a three-year investigation by the SEC into Hiro, which was formerly known as Blockstack. The firm raised approximately $70 million in token sales from 2017 to 2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1693656\/000119312524178107\/d781779dex1u9acctltr.htm\">letter attached<\/a> to the decision, the SEC is not ruling out the possibility of litigation against Hiro in the future.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are providing this notice under the guidelines set out in the final paragraph of Securities Act Release No. 5310, which states in part that the notice \u2018must in no way be construed as indicating that the party has been exonerated or that no action may ultimately result from the staff\u2019s investigation.&#8217;\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The announcement is largely being received as another win for the crypto industry.<\/p>\n<p>In similar news, the SEC <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2024\/07\/11\/sec-drops-investigation-into-paxos-decides-busd-not-a-security-report\/\">announced yesterday<\/a> that it was dropping its investigation into BUSD stablecoin issuer Paxos.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Don&#8217;t Miss a Beat \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/join-the-daily-hodl-email-list\/\">Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Check <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/crypto-markets\/\">Price Action<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDailyHodl\">X<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyhodl\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/thedailyhodl\">Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Surf <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/daily-hodl-mix\">The Daily Hodl Mix<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"hideinamp\">\n<p>&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n<h6>Disclaimer: Opinions expressed at The Daily Hodl are not investment advice. Investors should do their due diligence before making any high-risk investments in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency or digital assets. Please be advised that your transfers and trades are at your own risk, and any losses you may incur are your responsibility. The Daily Hodl does not recommend the buying or selling of any cryptocurrencies or digital assets, nor is The Daily Hodl an investment advisor. Please note that The Daily Hodl participates in affiliate marketing.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Featured Image: Shutterstock\/Fathurdavega\/Chuenmanuse<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is dropping its investigation into the firm behind the popular Bitcoin (BTC) layer-2 chain Stacks (STX). According to a new Form 1-U filing from the SEC, the securities regulator has investigated STX-developer Hiro and decided not to pursue any further actions against the crypto firm. \u201cTermination of SEC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[201,248,251,246,257,255,250,252,247,253,249,256,254],"class_list":["post-343334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","tag-blockchain","tag-bsc","tag-chainlink","tag-coin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-gta","tag-looks-rare","tag-oracle","tag-polygon","tag-quickswap","tag-safe-moon","tag-wallet","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343334"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343346,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343334\/revisions\/343346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}