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Opinion

Are Centralized Exchanges in the U.S. Doomed?

With the SEC’s Binance and Coinbase lawsuits, the agency is signaling it really is now or never to “come into compliance.”

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Opinion

How to Build a Compliant Crypto Exchange Post-Coinbase

Crypto isn’t going anywhere — though Coinbase might — so what the market needs is a fresh start: new exchanges that can avoid the ever-present threat of SEC enforcement by being structured correctly in the first place, writes Preston Byrne.

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Videos

Coinbase Faces SEC Suit Following Similar Action Against Binance

The SEC has launched a suit against Coinbase, hot on the heels of a similar legal move against Binance. This escalation has provoked conversation about the need for more specificity in crypto asset laws. Ashley Ebersole, 0x Labs Chief Legal Officer, and former SEC Senior Counsel, states that "the law cannot continue without some specificity that allows for the unique aspects of crypto assets." Despite Coinbase's attempt to work with the SEC, the desired outcome did not materialize. Ebersole concludes, Coinbase is "funded and has resources to and can do that, but that again, depends on the SEC staff being willing to work with it to do that because you need both sides to make those processes move along."

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Videos

Bitcoin Below $26K Following SEC's Lawsuit Against Binance, Coinbase

Bitcoin (BTC) slipped below the $26,000 level after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued crypto exchange Binance and Coinbase. K33 Senior Analyst Vetle Lunde joins "First Mover" to discuss the market's reaction to recent lawsuits and SEC's alleging multiple tokens as securities.

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Videos

SEC Sues Coinbase, One Day After Charging Binance

The SEC sued Coinbase on allegations of violating federal securities law, a day after filing a similar suit against Binance. Ashley Ebersole, 0x Labs Chief Legal Officer, and former SEC Senior Counsel, discusses what to make of the SEC's firing line.

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Videos

SEC Sues Coinbase on Unregistered Securities Exchange Allegations

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) on allegations of violating federal securities law. This comes a day after the agency filed a similar lawsuit against Binance. CoinDesk Managing Editor of Global Policy and Regulation Nikhilesh De breaks down the latest.

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Policy

U.S. Doesn't 'Need More Digital Currency' Because It Has the Dollar, Says SEC's Gensler

Gensler's comments follow landmark suits filed this week against crypto exchanges Binance and Coinbase.

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Policy

Coinbase Violated Securities Laws With Staking Program, Multiple U.S. State Regulators Allege

The crypto exchange is facing scrutiny from a task force of 10 U.S. state securities regulators including in Alabama and California after getting sued by the SEC on the same day.

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Policy

SEC Sues Coinbase on Unregistered Securities Exchange Allegations

The suit comes a day after the SEC sued Binance.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Videos

Binance Hands Rising Star Richard Teng Key Position to Replace CZ

The appointment of Richard Teng to oversee Binance’s regional markets outside the U.S. has positioned the one-time Abu Dhabi regulator as the most likely successor to Changpeng Zhao, who founded the world’s largest crypto exchange in 2017. The news came just before the SEC announced a lawsuit against Binance on allegations of violating federal securities laws. "The Hash" panel weighs in on what this means for the exchange.

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