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‘Too Slow and Too Ambiguous’: SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on Crypto Regulation

Hester Peirce is an SEC Commissioner and fierce advocate for smart, pro-innovation regulation of the crypto industry.

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Markets

Promoters of Rapper TI's 2017 ICO Ordered to Pay $103K Penalty

The associates are also barred from selling digital securities for five years.

Rapper T.I.

Finance

Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust Granted SEC Reporting Company Status

Institutional bitcoin investors are looking at "how else they can diversify within the asset class," said Michael Sonnenshein.

Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein

Policy

Ripple's Larsen Says US Risks Losing Stewardship of Global Financial System to China, Disses SEC

Chris Larsen said China's "itching" to be the one that designs the next financial system, and that the U.S. is "woefully behind."

Ripple Executive Chairman Chris Larsen

Markets

SEC Registered Broker-Dealer Is Launching a Security Token-Friendly Platform

As a registered broker-dealer, Watchdog Capital said it is in a position to offer a whole host of SEC-exempted offerings for security tokens.

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Markets

SEC Commissioner Peirce Blasts Regulator's Action Against Telegram

"Crypto Mom" took no prisoners in her fiery rebuke of the SEC's Telegram action.

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Telegram's Defeat Isn't 'Binding' in Kik Case, Judge Tells SEC

Kik's proverbial day in court may take a lot longer than Telegram's, if the judge’s response to the SEC during a hearing this week is any indication.

U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein said there is "no binding precedent" for SEC vs. Kik case. Credit: Shuttershock

Markets

Alleged Shopin ICO Fraudster Pays $450K Fine in Ether

Eran Eyal, who raised $42 million in an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering, settled charges with the SEC and paid a $450,000 fine in ether.

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Markets

Tokenized US T-Bond Fund Seeks Foothold in $17T Market

The crypto industry is taking aim at one of Wall Street’s oldest redoubts: investing in the $17 trillion market for U.S. Treasury bonds.

Rayne Steinberg at Invest: NYC 2019 via CoinDesk archives

Markets

Travis Kling on Bitcoin as a Safe Haven Asset

Ikigai’s Travis Kling looks at BTC's correlation to gold and crude in response to Iran missile strikes, plus SEC priorities and Congressional intrigue.

Travis Kling

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