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Bain Capital Crypto Raising Second Fund: Filing

Bain Capital has been an active investor in crypto since its initial fund launch, participating in a $115 million round for Sam Altman's Worldcoin.

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Bain Capital Exec on U.S. Crypto Regulation Outlook Amid Binance, Coinbase Legal Woes

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cracked down on heavyweight cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and Coinbase (COIN) this week. TuongVy Le, Bain Capital Crypto Partner and Head of Regulatory and Policy, joins "First Mover" to discuss the latest developments and the future of crypto regulation in the United States.

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Former SEC Chief Counsel Says Agency Needs to Make Clear Its Crypto Compliance Rules

“When the SEC tells us that something is not compliant, it’s not necessarily the same thing as telling us what they would consider compliant,” said TuongVy Le, a partner and head of regulatory and policy at investment firm Bain Capital.

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What Kraken's $30M Settlement with SEC Could Mean For Crypto Staking

Kraken settled charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for $30 million and ended its U.S. crypto staking program as a result. TuongVy Le, Bain Capital Crypto Partner and former Chief Counsel at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, discusses her take on how the SEC might be approaching staking and what this means for crypto staking overall in the U.S.

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Bain Capital Crypto Partner on Catalysts That Could Kill Crypto Staking

Bain Capital Crypto Partner and Head of Regulatory and Policy TuongVy Le weighs in on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent settlement with crypto exchange Kraken and its Wells Notice to Paxos. As the former Chief Counsel at the SEC's Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, she notes "blindly and mechanically applying the existing securities laws...could potentially kill something like staking."

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Paxos Says it Will 'Engage' With SEC and 'Vigorously Litigate' if Needed

TuongVy Le, Bain Capital Crypto Partner and Head of Regulatory and Policy, reacts to Paxos saying that it has received a Wells Notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, indicating a possible enforcement action based on the charge that its Binance USD constitutes an unregistered security. Plus, the potential implications for Kraken halting all U.S. staking operations as part of a $30 million settlement with the SEC.

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Bain Capital Crypto Backs $4.5M Round for Blockchain Interoperability Startup Orb Labs

Orb Labs emerges from stealth preparing to launch its first products.

Game7 presenta un programa de ayuda de US$100 millones para juegos basados en blockchain. (Pixabay)

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Bain Capital Crypto Leads $3.3M Round for Privacy-Focused Identity Protocol

Notebook Labs aims to accelerate DeFi adoption with its crypto identity protocol.

Notebook Labs co-founders Nathaniel Masfen-Yan, Dhruv Mangtani and Solal Afota. (Notebook Labs)

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Bain Capital Leads $12M Round for Scalable Blockchain Developer RISC Zero

The startup uses zero-knowledge proofs to create a developer-friendly blockchain.

RISC Zero is building a scalable blockchain using zk rollups (Andrew Haimerl/Unsplash)

Finance

Bain Capital Crypto Adds Redpoint Ventures Alum Lydia Hylton as Partner

Hylton will focus on “early-stage DeFi, Consumer, and DAO-focused applications and protocols” while at Bain.

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