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Finance

Crypto Exchange Kraken Facing SEC Probe, Settlement Could Come Soon: Bloomberg

The U.S. regulator is in the late stages of an investigation into the company's possible sale of unregistered securities, according to the report.

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SEC Warns Crypto Stakes in Retirement Accounts May Be Unregistered Securities

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) again made its case Tuesday that crypto assets are often unregistered securities being traded on unregistered exchanges, issuing an investor alert warning that people should be wary of crypto in individual retirement accounts (IRA). CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the latest in the world of crypto regulation.

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Policy

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)

Policy

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.

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Policy

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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‘Crypto Mom’ Hester Peirce: SEC ‘Disappoints’ When It Comes to Crypto

The securities watchdog has “never handled innovation” well, the SEC Commissioner behind the token safe harbor guidance tells Robert Stevens.

Hester Peirce at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

Finance

TZero to Sunset tZero Crypto App Amid Regulatory Challenges

Customers will have until March 6 to withdraw their assets from the platform. 

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Opinion

Why Ex-SEC Official John Reed Stark Is Wrong About Crypto

Public blockchains still have promise to help solve the world’s most intractable problems, even if they haven’t yet.

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Finance

LBRY Token Rally Stalls as Traders Move on From Court Speculation

The token has still nearly doubled in price in the past seven days.

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SEC Filing Shows Tesla Lost $140M in Bitcoin Last Year

According to a Monday U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Tesla lost over $140 million from its bitcoin (BTC) bets in 2022. "The Hash" panel discusses what this means for bitcoin's narrative as a safe haven asset.

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