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On April 27, Coinbase, the crypto exchange based in San Francisco, made public the disclosure of its response to the Wells notice it had received from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) back in March. The company maintained that the regulatory body’s enforcement actions were in direct contrast to
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“The lack of compliance by these crypto platforms means that you don't have basic investor protections,” Gensler said in his “Office Hours” video series. “These are things like rulebooks and surveillance to prevent fraud and manipulation. Or appropriate custody and segregation of customer assets, so they don't get misused or
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Coinbase filed a narrow action in a United States federal court that seeks to compel the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide a "yes or no" response to a July 2022 petition.The petition requested the SEC propose and adopt clearer regulatory guidelines for the cryptocurrency industry in the U.S. In
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Attorneys defending the co-founder of Terraform Labs, Do Hyeong Kwon, also known as Do Kwon, have presented their argument that says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has no jurisdiction in the matter. The legal team asserts that U.S. law precludes regulators “from using federal securities law to assert
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The lawyers representing Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon reportedly argued in court against the allegations pressed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The federal agency had sued Kwon for allegedly defrauding US investors by illegally offering unregistered securities.On April 21, Do Kwon’s lawyers asked the judge to dismiss
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Criticisms of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are mounting as the agency remains unrelenting in its war on crypto.On April 21, Web3 venture capital firm Paradigm published a policy piece on the problems with SEC registration.It claimed that SEC chair Gary Gensler’s “attempt to brute force crypto
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“Platforms like the Beaxy Platform require users to deposit with the platform all of the crypto asset securities that they traded there, resulting in the platform possessing, and even becoming the legal owner of such assets and thus a central securities depository,” the filing said. “This type of arrangement means
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler has thrown his support behind President Biden’s request to allocate a record $2.4 billion in funding for the regulator, highlighting the ongoing need to crack down on “misconduct” in the cryptocurrency industry.In prepared testimony for the March 29 budget hearing
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This week was mixed, punctuated by bullish and bearish patterns in the price action of top crypto assets, including bitcoin and ethereum. Noteworthy development included the recovery of bitcoin (BTC), which rejected bear pressure and rallied back above $28,000. The uptrend remains despite the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s
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By taking aim at high-profile targets including Coinbase, Justin Sun and Lindsey Lohan, the SEC showed it doesn’t have the resources to effectively police the crypto industry. Source
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