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Are NFTs Securities?

Some of them are trying to be.

Lazy Lions are goofy art NFTs. They also include governance rights that might attract attention from securities regulators.

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SEC Secures Judgments Against 3 in Bitconnect Scam

One individual must pay more than $3 million and hand over a wallet containing 190 bitcoins.

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SEC Chair Gary Gensler Says DeFi Not Immune to Oversight

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler warned decentralized finance (DeFi) projects that reward participants with incentives or digital tokens could be subject to SEC regulation. "The Hash" hosts discuss the outlook for the DeFi regulatory landscape and how this could enable a "robust push" towards more decentralization.

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DeFi Not Immune to SEC Oversight, Gensler Says: Report

DeFi projects that reward participants with incentives or digital tokens could be subject to SEC regulation, the SEC chairman said.

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler

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VanEck Adds to ETF Applications With Ether Futures Filing

The Ethereum Strategy ETF would invest in ETH futures contracts and an array of other indirect ether products.

Gabor Gurbacs, director of digital-asset strategy at VanEck

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Galaxy Digital Files for US Bitcoin Futures ETF

The SEC has yet to approve a crypto-based exchange-traded fund.

Galaxy Digital founder and CEO Mike Novogratz

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SEC Chair Gary Gensler Wants Greater Authority and Resources to Regulate Crypto

In a letter to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler said Congress should grant the SEC greater authority and resources to crack down on the crypto sector.

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Gensler Tells Elizabeth Warren SEC Needs More Authority to Regulate Crypto

Congress should focus on trading, lending and decentralized finance, the securities regulator said.

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler (left) told Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) that his agency needs more authority to properly regulate the crypto market.

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VanEck Tries Again for Bitcoin Strategy ETF With SEC

VanEck unsuccessfully tried to list a similar fund in 2017.

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Poloniex Agrees to $10M Settlement With SEC for Operating Unregistered Exchange

The exchange violated securities law, according to the SEC.

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