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SEC Chair Gensler: 'Cryptocurrencies Are Securities'

In an interview with CoinDesk, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler discusses the next step for regulating crypto trading platforms, doubling down on his stance that many cryptocurrencies are securities.

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ECB Raises Interest Rates by 75 BPs to Tame Inflation

Andre Portilho, Head of Digital Assets at BTG Pactual, discusses his crypto outlook as European Central Bank has raised interest rates by 75 basis points amid rising inflation. Plus, his comments on CoinDesk’s interview with SEC Chairman Gary Gensler.

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SEC Chairman Gensler Tells CoinDesk: Crypto Platforms Have an Obligation To Register

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, in an interview with CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De, doubled down on his assertion that most cryptocurrencies are securities. That being the case, Gensler said, service providers, including crypto exchanges and lenders, should register with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Crypto Doesn't Need More Guidance, SEC Chair Gensler Says

The Securities and Exchange Commission chief said the regulatory agency’s existing rules provide a clear roadmap for crypto companies, despite what they want.

Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Bill Clark-Pool/Getty Images)

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Thai SEC Files Police Complaint Against Crypto Exchange Zipmex

The complaint comes after Zipmex failed to meet a deadline for sharing transactional information with the SEC, the agency said.

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FTX.US Derivatives Deepens Board With Addition of Ex-CFTC Commissioner

The hire comes as FTX has previously pitched the CFTC to directly clear customers' crypto swaps.

Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Jill Sommers, in a 2011 photo. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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The SEC Is Getting Clearer About How It Plans to Regulate Crypto

We're reading between the lines of Grayscale's recent disclosures about SEC inquiries.

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Credit Suisse Held $31M in ‘Digital Assets’ for Clients Last Quarter

The Swiss bank disclosed its custody of what are more likely tokenized securities than cryptocurrencies in keeping with SEC accounting guidance.

Credit Suisse is the latest banking giant to flirt with crypto. (Cayambe/Wikimedia Commons)

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Then They Fight You: Scenarios for Coming Crypto Regulation

U.S. regulators are clearly ready to impose rules on the crypto market. If crypto advocates are serious about all this, it’s time to quit messing around.

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler has signaled early and often that the vast majority of token projects fall under his purview. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Here’s Why FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Visited the White House

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried visited the White House in May amid regulatory turf battle between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the details.

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