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Will the SEC Convince a Court It’s Right to Label These Tokens as Securities?

The U.S. agency’s insider-trading case against a former Coinbase manager hinged on nine tokens it classified as securities, but the ex-employee’s lawyers are saying it’s not so.

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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FTX Lawyers Sullivan & Cromwell Bill $7.5M for First 19 Days' Bankruptcy Work

The 151 staff members assigned to the case worked a combined 6,500 hours in November looking at legal disputes, hacks, and corporate governance.

FTX court filings show millions in lawyers' fees. (slobo/Getty Images)

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Dubai Prohibits Privacy Coins Like Monero Under New Crypto Rules

The issuance of anonymity-enhancing crypto are banned under the Emirate's new regulations for digital assets.

Skyscrapers in Dubai (Kent Tupas/Unsplash)

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Three Arrows’ Founder Refused to Comply With Subpoena, Stonewalling Probe, Court Told

The collapsed hedge fund’s founder Kyle Davies was accused of neglecting his duties as he “shamelessly” promotes his new crypto project.

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Unpacking India's CBDC Pilots as Country Prepares for Digital Rupee

India launched two CBDC pilots last year, a wholesale CBDC and a retail CBDC.

Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (left) and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)

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SEC Directs Examiners to Focus on How US Broker-Dealers Are Pitching Crypto

The U.S. securities regulator issued its annual examination priorities on how it’ll keep track of emerging risks. The handling of crypto was one of the highlights.

Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de Estados Unidos. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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SEC Warns That Retirement Accounts’ Crypto Stakes May Be Unregistered Securities

The agency issued an investor alert flagging self-directed retirement accounts that may be provided bad information about their crypto holdings.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Don't Call It 'Britcoin': Digital Pound Nothing Like Crypto, Bank of England Official Says

The central bank has made no decision on whether a digital pound would use distributed ledger technology, Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said.

Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

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Alleged Crypto Money Launderer Tied to Ransomware Attacks Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charge

Denis Dubnikov was arrested in the Netherlands and extradited to the U.S. last year.

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US Prosecutors Ask for Postponement of SEC, CFTC Cases Against Sam Bankman-Fried

The prosecutors are asking that the civil cases be put off until the criminal case against FTX’s founder is decided.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves federal court in New York after his arraignment and bail hearings on Dec. 22. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)