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"The proposal takes up Congress’s 2010 provision for us to expand the custody rule to cover all of an investor’s assets, not just their funds or securities. Congress granted us new authorities to expand the custody rule in response to the financial crisis and Bernie Madoff’s frauds. The expanded custody
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Recently, Gary Gensler, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), expressed his opinion in a detailed interview with New York Magazine’s Intelligencer regarding why he believes crypto assets other than bitcoin are securities. However, Stuart Alderoty, Ripple’s chief legal officer, argues that Gensler must “recuse himself from
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Financial Stability Board (FSB) chair Klaas Knot has outlined how the organization plans to address key threats to financial stability this year in a Feb. 20 letter sent to the G20’s finance ministers and central bank governors. Crypto assets and decentralized finance (DeFi) had a prominent place on the list
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has announced a $1.4-million settlement with former NBA player Paul Pierce for allegedly promoting a token project on social media.In a Feb. 17 announcement, the SEC said Pierce touted EthereumMax (EMAX) tokens through social media channels without disclosing he had received payment for
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Two members of the United States House Financial Services Committee have call out Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler “regarding the timing of the charges filed against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried” based on his scheduled appearance at a hearing.In a Feb. 10 notice, committee chair Patrick McHenry and Representative
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler issued a warning to crypto companies to “come in and follow the law” after the agency announced a settlement with crypto exchange Kraken.Appearing on CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ on Feb. 10, Gensler said crypto exchanges should register with the SEC in order
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"First Mover" was monitoring developments in Turkey, a major center of crypto adoption, that is now coping with devastation following a massive earthquake. Also, a look at crypto markets, the latest in the FTX bankruptcy court proceedings, and the sale of real estate via NFTs. OANDA Senior Market Analyst of
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“Startups were able to raise uncharacteristically sized rounds for their stage, commonly acquiring multiple years of runway pre-product, while over the course of the last six months, investors pivoted to underwriting fewer deals targeting higher conviction, more concentrated bets,” George told CoinDesk in a note. “During this period of time,
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The price of Bitcoin (BTC) broke through the $24,000 ceiling and the total crypto market cap jumped nearly 4% following a speech from United States Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in which he suggested the economy’s disinflationary process has started.“We can now say, I think for the first time, that
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