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The United States House Financial Services Committee will hear how the Securities and Exchange Commission is changing its oversight and rules to keep pace with technological advancements, including cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence.SEC Chair Gary Gensler is set to outline how the U.S. securities regulator is updating its rules to align
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United States regulators including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have ongoing civil cases against major cryptocurrency firms including Binance, Coinbase, and Ripple, but not every company has been subject to the same treatment.Gary Gensler, serving as SEC chair since 2021, has been widely criticized by many lawmakers and industry
Read MoreInformation Commissioner issues Enforcement Notice relating to backlog of 261 FOI requests Council must provide action plan on improving response times Council can be found in contempt for failure to meet terms of Enforcement Notice The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) isn’t done chasing down crypto exchanges and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects it sees as violating securities laws in the same vein as Coinbase Inc. (COIN) and Binance, said David Hirsch, head of the agency’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit. Source
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What Will Be the Next Target of the SEC's Enforcement Regime? Source
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According to the SEC, Stoner Cats NFT holders were incentivized to trade the NFTs, receiving a 2.5% royalty for each secondary-market transaction involving the collectibles. That encouraged individuals to buy and sell the NFTs in at least 10,000 secondary transactions worth more than $20 million, according to regulators. In addition,
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Seemingly unfazed by a recent slew of court setbacks, United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler remains headstrong that his agency should be the one to reign over crypto — with plans to tell lawmakers the same on Sept. 12. In the last two months, the securities regulator lost
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Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer plans to present a budgetary amendment to limit the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from utilizing its crypto regulations budget. Emmer, a Republican who holds the role of Majority Whip in the U.S. House of Representatives, is gearing up to sponsor a significant appropriations amendment
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner, Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger, has said that he is concerned that the United States CFTC is considering enforcement actions related to decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols rather than engaging with the public.In a public statement issued on Sept. 7, the dissenting commissioner expressed his misgivings about
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The three firms face a number of accusations based on their use of blockchain-based protocols and smart contracts to function as trading platforms, according to the CFTC. The U.S. derivatives regulator is ordering Opyn, ZeroEx, and Deridex to cease the activity and pay penalties of $250,000, $200,000, and $100,000, respectively.
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