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NYSE Can Allow Firms to Raise Funding Through Direct Listings, Says SEC

The New York Stock Exchange may now allow some companies to raise capital via direct listings rather than IPOs.

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Policy

What to Make of the SEC’s New Accredited Investor Rules

The SEC has formally adopted new accredited investor rules, expanding the group of Americans who can invest in private securities.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton

Markets

Boontech, Founder Pavithran Settle SEC Charges Over Fraudulent ICO and Registration Violations

Marketed as a “decentralized job marketplace,” Boontech and founder Rajesh Pavithran have settled charges of fraud and registration violation brought by the SEC.

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Markets

Stacks Foundation Will Soon Put Those 100M Tokens to Work

The blockchain governance foundation is stacking stacks.

Blockstack co-founder Muneeb Ali speaks at Consensus 2017. (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Interactive Brokers to Pay $38M in Settlement Over AML Lapses

Publicly traded brokerage firm Interactive Brokers has agreed to pay multi-million dollar penalties to the SEC, Finra and CFTC for failure to flag suspicious transactions and lapses in AML compliance.

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Markets

SEC Seeking 'Smart Contract' Tracing Tool That Can Spot Security Vulnerabilities

The federal securities watchdog has taken an interest in DeFi's most basic building block.

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Finance

INX Scales Down US IPO Target to $117M – Still Set to Be Crypto’s Largest

The cryptocurrency and security token exchange has filed an updated IPO prospectus with the SEC, lowering the maximum expected raise and proposing a new launch date.

Vintage image of a trading floor (Everett Collection/Shutterstock)

Markets

SEC Wants to Start Scrutinizing Binance Chain Transactions

Company executives anticipated regulators might one day take an interest in Binance Chain

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao

Markets

605 Days Later: How ArCoins Got the SEC Go-Ahead as an Ethereum-Traded Treasurys Fund

A look inside Arca and TokenSoft’s 605-day crusade to register the first Ethereum blockchain-native ‘40 Act Fund.

TokenSoft's Bay Area office space is just 10 floors above the SEC's West Coast wing. (Mason Borda)

Policy

SEC, CFTC Hit Crypto App Abra With $300K in Penalties Over Illegal Swaps

The financial regulators both found fault with Abra offering security-based swaps without first checking to see whether investors were eligble.

Abra CEO Bill Barhydt (CoinDesk archives)