Securities and Exchange Commission
Kraken Seeks Jury Trial in SEC Lawsuit, Presents Defense Arguments
Binance and Coinbase also face similar allegations by the SEC of violating federal securities laws for failing to register as a broker, clearinghouse or exchange.
Doors Open at Prometheum as Much-Disputed Firm Tests Crypto Tokens as Securities
The controversial company is open for custody of digital securities, adding Optimism and The Graph to its list, though most of the industry disagrees on securities labels for most tokens.
Second U.S. Firm tZero Said to Become Crypto Broker Dealer Under SEC Oversight
The company expects to launch wider crypto securities services next year, it said, joining controversial firm Prometheum as a potentially U.S.-compliant digital assets securities firm.
U.S. House Committee Plans for Heap of Crypto Hearings in September
The House Financial Services Committee is expected to look at DeFi, U.S. enforcement and "pig butchering" in a series of hearings the panel is set to schedule for next month.
U.S. SEC Charges Two Brothers in $60M Ponzi Scam Using a Crypto Platform
The complaint alleges that the duo falsely told investors about one of them creating a “bot” that operated on a crypto asset trading platform.
U.S. SEC Settles With Abra Over Unregistered Sales of Securities
The securities regulator says Abra sold half a billion dollars in unregistered Abra Earn while also operating without registration as an investment company.
Controversial Crypto Firm Prometheum to Treat Uniswap and Arbitrum's Tokens as Securities
The SEC-registered crypto platform is expanding its custody operation beyond Ethereum's ETH, and that means it would be holding UNI and ARB as securities.
SEC Asks NY Court to Deny Coinbase’s ‘Breathtakingly Broad’ Subpoena Request
The regulatory agency has taken umbrage with Coinbase’s attempt to subpoena SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s personal emails.
SEC Intends to Amend Complaint in Binance Case
Third-party tokens are digital assets alleged to be unregistered securities by the SEC that were issued by various companies not named Binance.
Coinbase Narrows Demand for SEC Chair Gensler's Crypto Messages
In its court battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the crypto exchange is seeking internal messages from Gensler and others, but not from his pre-SEC days.
