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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has awarded $279m to a whistleblower whose information helped the commission take a series of enforcement actions. In keeping with its policy of not disclosing this information to the public, the
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A lawyer has explained why the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will likely lose if the regulator takes crypto exchange Coinbase to court over alleged securities law violations. “The problem is entirely of Gary Gensler’s own making,” he stressed. Lawyer Expects SEC to Lose Against Coinbase in Court Lawyer James Murphy
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued its largest-ever whistleblower award totaling $279 million. The SEC generally issues awards ranging between 10% to 30% of collected monetary sanctions that are larger than $1 million. To receive such an award, the whistleblower needs to have provided information that directly
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While enforcement actions have been a focus for the US SEC in the crypto industry lately, some crypto exchanges are now making efforts to expand into other territories. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken a step backward by withdrawing from its decision to classify digital assets. The
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The crypto exchange referred back to a 2022 petition asking for formal rulemaking within the digital assets sector, to which the SEC is yet to respond. The 10-day deadline ordered this week refers to the SEC's requirement to provide a legal basis for why it has not responded to the
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Paul Grewal, chief legal officer of Coinbase, announced on May 4 that the Third Circuit has responded to the complaint against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the need for clear rules for trading digital crypto assets. This marks a development in the legal battle for regulatory
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The United States securities regulator is holding off from ratifying the definition of the term “digital assets” in rules that govern reporting disclosures for hedge and private equity funds, despite proposing to do so some nine months ago.On May 3 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published amendments to Form
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“The SEC is a regulator that requires transparency from its registrants, but it is continuing to withhold regulatory clarity by not defining digital assets,” said Anne-Marie Kelley, a partner at Mercury Strategies who was a longtime SEC official. She suggested the commission may have deleted the definition because “any recognition
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The Coinbase International Exchange will provide institutional clients outside of the US with BTC and ETH contracts and up to 5x in leverage. Crypto exchange Coinbase has launched an international exchange to offer its teeming institutional clients an expanded portfolio of crypto services. According to the company, the new Coinbase International
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But the new vertical is also a sign of the exchange’s increasingly global perspective. Although Coinbase has operated across Europe and parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America for years, it has recently become more vocal about building internationally. In an April blog post, the exchange said it has begun
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