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SEC Sues Crypto Exchange Coinbase on Unregistered Securities Exchange Allegations

According to the SEC, Coinbase has operated as an unregistered broker, exchange and clearing agency simultaneously, arguing that it solicited customers, handled orders, allowed for bids and acted as an intermediary all at once. The suit named Coinbase, Inc. and Coinbase Global, Inc. as defendants, but did not name founder

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SEC sues Coinbase in NY federal court for offering unregistered securities

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against New York-based crypto exchange Coinbase for offering unregistered securities.The SEC lawsuit alleged that Coinbase has never registered as a broker, national securities exchange or clearing agency, evading the disclosure scheme for securities markets. SEC alleged that several tokens offered

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SEC Accuses Binance of Commingling User Funds and Other Malpractices, Designates MATIC, SOL, Others as Securities

According to the SEC in a recent lawsuit, Binance deliberately broke several rules and secretly funneled customer funds via a separate entity. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has slammed Binance with a lawsuit for varying malpractices. In addition to accusing Binance of mishandling customers’ funds, the commission’s lawsuit also

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SEC sues Binance in US District Court for unregistered securities operations

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed suit against Binance, its U.S. platform and CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) in the District Court for the District of Columbia on June 5. 4.Our team is all standing by, ensuring systems are stable, including withdrawals, and deposits. We will issue a response

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Treat Crypto as Securities by Default, European Parliament Study Says as EU Prepares for MiCA

Without changes, “we are skeptical that MiCA will have positive short-term effects given the difficulties of enforcing its rules in an opaque cross-border context,” in which 10,000 crypto protocols vie for the lightest possible regulation, added the document, though its findings aren't a formal position of the European Parliament. Source

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A House Bill Would Make It Harder for the SEC to Argue Crypto Tokens Are Securities

The distinction is important because today, unlike the initial coin offerings (ICOs) of the past, many development teams that are interested in launching a token in the U.S. raise funds in SEC-compliant securities offerings using Regulation D (Reg D) offerings, an exemption from SEC registration typically associated with a public

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EU Securities Watchdog ESMA Warned Investment Firms to Clearly State Crypto Is Unregulated Ahead of New MiCA Rules

The EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets regulation (MiCA) is set to bring MiFID-style rules to the sector, but the regime will only take effect in around 18 months. In the meantime, ESMA, a Paris-based agency that groups and coordinates national regulators, is worried some companies are encouraging and exploiting the

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