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Binance, Binance.US and Changpeng "CZ" Zhao published their first responses to the SEC’s lawsuit against them and, taken at face value, the stakes appear to be dire. But by the end of the day, we may get a better sense of how the case is proceeding and what a judge
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission and BAM Trading (Binance’s U.S. arm) recently filed a request for a consent order that would ease some of the restrictions from a previous SEC request to freeze the company’s assets. The proposed new consent order would offer more assurances for the SEC and
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The lawsuit brought by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Coinbase Global on June 6 is raising questions about the crypto exchange's approach to managing the ongoing crypto crackdown.In a recent interview with Cryptox, venture capitalist Kevin O'Leary criticized Coinbase's strategy to address the current regulatory environment. "Its
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Amid all the tumult in the crypto world, some of the world’s largest banks have been quietly reflecting on ways to bring digital assets to institutional customers. And last week, a plan emerged.A collaboration, under the guidance of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, better known as Swift —
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Newly released documents showing edits that were made to a 2018 speech given by former director of the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) corporate finance division Bill Hinman suggest the editors were concerned his statement might undermine the idea that Ether (ETH) is a security. This could risk locking the agency
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However, DeFi protocols “intuitively possess none of the defining hallmarks of stock exchanges,” according to the DeFi Education Fund’s letter. “Beyond DeFi, the commission’s proposal has no logical limit and would sweep third-party and utility service providers who contract with exchange providers into the exchange regulatory regime.” Source
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The SEC chair previously indicated that all cryptocurrencies apart from BTC are securities. In a recently unearthed video from a 2018 crypto-themed event hosted by Bloomberg and Fidelity, Gary Gensler, the current chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), made statements that contradict his current position on digital
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The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 13, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets. Original Source
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Davidson was joined by another crypto-friendly congressman Tom Emmer in creating the legislation. Crypto-friendly congressman Warren Davidson has filed a new bill called the “SEC Stabilization Act”. According to Davidson, the bill seeks to reform the SEC and rid it of its “tyrannical Chairman” Gary Gensler. His Twitter announcement reads: “Today I
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Binance.US experienced a significant market crash following the lawsuit slammed on the company by the US SEC last week. The US arm of international crypto exchange Binance has seen a 78% market crash since the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued the company. The company has been struggling to
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