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SEC chief accountant warns accountants about liabilities when auditing crypto firms

Paul Munter, chief accountant of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has released a statement warning accounting firms of their obligations to the agency when working with crypto firms. Allowing their finding to be misrepresented could have serious consequences, he said.   Crypto firms may engage accountants to “perform

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Crypto trading is an important part of the virtual asset ecosystem, says Hong Kong’s SFC chief

The CEO of Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Julia Leung Fung-yee, addressed Hong Kong's embrace of Web3 regulation following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX last November, noting that crypto trading is an important part of the virtual asset ecosystem.During a recent speech, Leung reportedly explained that the

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Coinbase Policy Chief Shirzad Squares Off With SEC Enforcement Director Grewal

“In any other space, if you’re working incrementally, you’d see increased compliance,” Grewal observed. “[In crypto], we haven’t seen that, so we’ve had to change strategy.” In other words, in Grewal’s view, the SEC lawsuit came down against Coinbase because the exchange didn’t respond to earlier warnings. Original Source

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Former CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert Joins Stablecoin Issuer Circle as Chief Legal Officer

The appointment comes as a House committee weighs a stablecoin bill that would appoint the Federal Reserve as crypto issuers’ primary regulator, and increase oversight of token issuances. At the same time, federal regulators have executed enforcement actions against key crypto industry players such as Coinbase, which alongside Circle co-founded

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Coinbase chief legal officer faces congressional committee following SEC charges against the company

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Coinbase Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewal, wasted no time addressing concerns related to his employer’s recent charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Just hours after the SEC’s allegations of securities law violations against

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