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Influencers Are 'Easier to Pick Off' Than Token Issuers: Former SEC Official on Kim Kardashian

"The SEC, just like lots of other regulators, will go after the low hanging fruit," says Lisa Bragança, former U.S. SEC Enforcement Branch chief and managing partner at Bragança Law. She gives a closer look into Kim Kardashian's $1.2 million settlement with the regulatory agency.

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What Is EthereumMax? Inside the Crypto Kim Kardashian Lost $1.2M Promoting

EthereumMax and the EMAX token won investors over with big promises and flashy names. But has it delivered?

EMAX Ethereum Max and Kim Kardashian (Ethereum Max/Daniele Venturelli/WireImage/Getty Images))

Juridique

US Risk Watchdog Asks Congress to Name Crypto Spot Market Regulator

The Treasury-led Financial Stability Oversight Council has responded to President Joe Biden’s executive order with calls for greater regulatory reach into markets, crypto firms’ affiliates and outside service providers.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Analyses

What Ripple's Latest Win Means for Its Ongoing Fight With the SEC

The crypto payments firm scored a procedural victory last week in part of its legal defense against the SEC. But it may not help its case.

(Linus Nylund/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Kim Kardashian Settles SEC Probe for $1.26M for Hyping EthereumMax Without Disclosing Payment

The reality TV star also agreed not to tout any cryptocurrencies for three years.

Kim Kardashian settles SEC's "token hype" probe. (Raymond Hall/GC Images)

Juridique

SEC Accuses 2 Firms of Crypto Pump-and-Dump Scheme

The complaint alleges the two companies pumped the price of their cryptocurrency by falsely claiming they had acquired $10 billion in gold bullion to back it.

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Analyses

Breaking Down the SEC and CFTC’s Autumn Wave of Enforcement Actions

Critics claim the regulators’ enforcement-first approach sets dangerous precedents in the absence of clear guidance for projects.

(Timothy Eberly/Unsplash)

Vidéos

SEC Charges the Hydrogen Technology Corp With Market Manipulation

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against the Hydrogen Technology Corporation and its former CEO Michael Ross Kane for allegedly creating a manipulated market for its crypto asset securities called “Hydro.” CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De breaks down the charges and what this means for crypto regulation.

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Crypto Exchange Bitkub, 4 Others Sued by Thai SEC Over Fake Volume Claims

The move comes after the regulator fined crypto exchange Bitkub's CTO $250,000 for insider trading.

Thai SEC clamps down on artificial trading on two Bangkok exchanges. (Waranout Joe/Unsplash)