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Just five days after Binance and its CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao got sued by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for alleged trading violations, a new $1 billion lawsuit was filed against the crypto exchange, CZ, and three crypto influencers for promoting unregistered securities.On March 31, the Moscowitz
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has slammed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler for claiming that he has the authority to determine which crypto tokens are securities, rather than relying on the legislation that governs his agency’s power. “It’s time for elected officials in the U.S. to take notice,”
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Despite the lack of clarity in the rules, the SEC chairman has reiterated that any attempt to create new laws will unsettle the status quo. Gary Gensler, the Chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed in his latest hearing with the House Appropriations Committee that the
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The regulator's warning comes the day after Coinbase (COIN) disclosed the SEC issued it a Wells Notice indicating a possible imminent enforcement action tied to the exchange listing of potentially unregistered securities. Coinbase's Nasdaq-listed shares were hit hard by this news, slumping as much as 20% in early trading on
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Sun, who was named Grenada's ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO) last year, tried to artificially inflate TRX's trading volume through the wash trading scheme, the SEC alleged, by having his own employees "engage in more than 600,000 wash trades of TRX between two crypto asset trading platform accounts
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sent Coinbase a “Wells notice” about potential violations of securities law. The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange noted that, unlike what SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said, the securities regulator “will not let crypto companies ‘come in and register.'” Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong explained: “A
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“If needed, we welcome a legal process to provide the clarity we have been advocating for and to demonstrate that the SEC simply has not been fair or reasonable when it comes to its engagement on digital assets," said Paul Grewal, Coinbase's chief legal officer, in a statement. "Until then,
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Crypto exchange Coinbase said it received a 'Wells Notice' from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission recommending the regulator take enforcement action.In a March 22 blog post, Coinbase said the “legal threat” could potentially target the exchange’s staking program Coinbase Earn, listed digital assets, its wallet, or Coinbase Prime
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken action against Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, and the Tron Foundation, issuing charges for offering unregistered securities and market manipulation. Additionally, a group of influencers have been charged by the organization for promoting tron without disclosing that they were being
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has called for a jury trial against Tron founder Justin Sun for the “orchestration of the unregistered offer and sale, manipulative trading, and unlawful touting of crypto asset securities.”In a March 22 filing in U.S. District Court for the Southern District
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