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SEC Sues Tron Founder Justin Sun on Securities Market Manipulation Charges

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Justin Sun on allegations of selling and airdropping unregistered securities, fraud and market manipulation. The SEC also charged eight celebrities for their roles allegedly promoting TRX and BTT without disclosing they were paid to do so. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest in the SEC's crypto crackdown.

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Opinion

The SEC’s Scattershot Approach Shows Its Weakness

By taking aim at high-profile targets including Coinbase, Justin Sun and Lindsey Lohan, the SEC showed it doesn’t have the resources to effectively police the crypto industry.

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Tron Founder Justin Sun Sued by SEC

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Justin Sun Wednesday on allegations of selling and airdropping unregistered securities, fraud and market manipulation. CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses what we know so far.

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SEC Warns Coinbase It’s Pursuing Enforcement Action Over Securities Violations

Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) may soon face an enforcement action from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) tied to its listing of potential unregistered securities. Meanwhile, the SEC is suing Tron founder Justin Sun on allegations that the TRX and BTT tokens are unregistered securities. CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the details. 

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Markets

Tron Network’s TRX Drops 13% Following SEC Charges Against Justin Sun

Other Sun-related tokens such as SUN, JUST and HT also took hits amid the SEC allegations.

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Policy

SEC Sues Jake Paul for 'Illegally Touting' Justin Sun-Linked Cryptos

Paul and other celebrities did not disclose they were paid to promote Sun-linked assets, the SEC alleged.

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Policy

Tron Founder Justin Sun Sued by U.S. SEC on Securities, Market Manipulation Charges

The regulator alleged TRX and BTT are unregistered securities, and claimed Sun created an "extensive wash trading" program to boost their trading volume.

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Markets

Justin Sun Completes $100M USDC Transfer to Create Huobi Liquidity Fund

The fund was created in response to a rapid drop and then rebound of the HT token.

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Policy

Justin Sun Says Hong Kong’s New Licensing Regime Could Shift Policy in Mainland China, Eventually

In the interim, if granted a VASP license, the Tron founder says Houbi will launch a new exchange, Huobi Hong Kong, to comply with regulators.

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Justin Sun: Hong Kong Has Become One of the Most Important Web3 Hubs

Huobi is planning to apply for a crypto exchange license in Hong Kong called the "Virtual Asset Service Provider license," as the city warms up to crypto. Huobi Global Advisor and TRON Founder, Huobi Global Advisor, and Ambassador of Grenada to the WTO Justin Sun shares his outlook, saying "Hong Kong is very bullish [and] the most important driving force is from mainland China."

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