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Coinbase’s Attempt to End SEC Lawsuit Should Be Rejected, U.S. Regulator Argues

“To distract from the fatal flaws in its legal arguments, Coinbase cries foul and seeks to blame the SEC for its current legal predicament,” the SEC said in a Tuesday court filing.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler peppered the crypto industry with criticisms in congressional testimony.  (Courtesy of the House Financial Services Committee)

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Ben Armstrong, Founder of Bitboy Crypto Channel, Released on Bail After Arrest

Armstrong has had an apparent fallout with his former business partners, several tweets suggest.

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SEC Counters Ripple in Effort to Appeal Groundbreaking XRP Ruling

The Securities and Exchange Commission has further argued the need for a mid-case appeal over the finer points of law.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Kevin Dietsch/Getty and Scott Moore/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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CFTC Goes After Opyn, Other DeFi Operations in Enforcement Sweep

The U.S. derivatives markets regulator targeted three companies, including one from which the CFTC hired a lawyer who ran its technology research division.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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SEC’s Grayscale Court Rout Puts Agency in Will-They, Won’t-They Role Starring Gensler

A strong court win for the crypto spot-market ETF fight isn’t the end of the battle, because the next move belongs to the SEC, though it’s now significantly weakened.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, run by Chair Gary Gensler, is under court order to rethink Grayscale's bitcoin ETF. (Photo illustration by Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk, with Getty image)

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Given Green Light for Unlimited Prison Visits

The FTX founder's lawyers will visit him in prison to prepare their defense after a judge denied Bankman-Fried’s request to have daily meetings at his lawyers’ Manhattan office.

(Elizabeth Napolitano / CoinDesk)

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Coinbase Earn Is Particularly Vulnerable to Being Defined as a Security: Berenberg

The crypto exchange is still faced with significant regulatory challenges, the report said.

Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Three Arrows Capital Liquidator May Try to Claw Back About $1.2B From DCG, BlockFi

A July 7 report from Teneo, the hedge fund’s liquidator, described the potential claims.

Three Arrows (QuinceCreative/Pixabay)

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SEC vs Coinbase Case Set for July 13 After Exchange’s ‘Creative' Opening Response

The date for the court hearing is much earlier than expected, prompted by a "creative" defense tactic by Coinbase – it filed its response 40 days before the deadline of August 7, 2023.

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Crypto Community Donates $1M to Sleuth ZachXBT After Defamation Lawsuit

Backers include the likes of prominent crypto businesses and personalities such as Binance, CertiK and Justin Sun, among others.

Wikimedia acepta bitcoin, bitcoin cash, y ether vía BitPay. (Unsplash/Fabian Blank)