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Policy

SEC Lays Its Cards on the Table With Assertion That DeFi Falls Under Securities Rules

Unless Congress legislates otherwise, U.S. oversight will hold most of the crypto world inside the SEC’s jurisdiction as the agency moves to make its reach increasingly explicit.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

ARK Uses 'Wells Dip' to Stock Up Again on Coinbase Shares, Two Days After Selling

Coinbase shares tumbled 16% Thursday after the company disclosed late Wednesday it had received a Wells Notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer, Ark Invest (Marco Bello/Getty Images)

Policy

Is This Finally an Atomic Bomb From the SEC?

The warning to Coinbase that it’s breaking securities laws may signal the long-awaited attack on crypto’s foundations, but also may set up a court fight that finally answers questions.

(Corbis via Getty Images)

Policy

Grayscale Chief Legal Officer: A Spot Bitcoin ETF Will Protect U.S. Investors, Consumers

Craig Salm discusses what happens next after a court acts on its lawsuit against the SEC, and whether this regulator should even be involved with bitcoin products.

(Grayscale Investments Chief Legal Officer Craig Salm/CoinDesk TV)

Tech

Gitcoin’s Owocki Says Crypto Can Regenerate the World. Just Don’t Call Him Starry-Eyed

A programmer by training, Kevin Owocki's view of securities law is not based in any formal legal training but crypto optimism, evolutionary science, economics and legal theory, with a focus on the principal-agent problem.

(Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

Markets

GBTC Discount Narrows to 42% Ahead of Grayscale’s ETF Hearing Tuesday

The closed-end fund's discount to net asset value had widened to 47% in mid-February.

Grayscale's Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Invest: NYC 2019 (CoinDesk)

Policy

US SEC Plans to Keep Growing Crypto Unit as Enforcement Ramps Up

The securities regulator has almost filled the 20 slots previously added to its crypto squad and is looking to increase that number even further, a spokesperson said.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Kraken’s Head of OTC Options Trading: Investors Are Still Interested In Crypto, Staking

“What we’ve seen is that the trading interest remains really strong both for proof-of-work networks as well as proof-of-stake networks,” Juthica Chou told “First Mover.”

Juthica Chou (CoinDesk TV)

Policy

SEC’s Shadow Crypto Rule Taking Shape as Enforcement Cases Mount

The U.S. securities regulator has now issued dozens of actions outlining how it defines a crypto security and which firms should be exchanges, but the industry is in a holding pattern.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

4 Huge Revelations in the SEC’s Charges Against Do Kwon and Terraform Labs

TerraUSD was a more overt and calculated fraud than was previously known – and Do Kwon is still cashing out.

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV, modified by CoinDesk)