In the ongoing legal battle between Ripple Labs and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), significant progress has been made as both parties filed their final replies in the lawsuit’s remedies stage. The SEC challenged Ripple’s assertion of acting without recklessness and argued against any “widespread uncertainty” regarding
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler’s recent remarks regarding the classification of Ethereum have sparked a flurry of responses within the crypto community. While Gensler refrained from directly addressing whether Ethereum should be classified as a security or a commodity, he commented on investor protection and regulatory concerns.
Nigeria has intensified its crackdown on cryptocurrency trading in the country’s currency, the naira, to combat what it perceives as detrimental effects on the struggling local economy. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced plans to implement new regulations targeting crypto exchanges and other sectors of the industry. The
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a further delay in its decision-making process regarding the proposed Invesco Galaxy Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF). In a recent filing, the SEC extended the deadline for its decision to July 5, 2024, citing the need for additional time to evaluate the
In May 2024, there were 7.26 million wallets on the decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap, up from 3.03 million in May 2023, an increase of around 140%, according to statistics from Dune Analytics. The growth in Uniswap’s user base mirrors that of other records on the platform. The cumulative trading volume
A lawsuit has been filed against the U.S SEC by the Blockchain Association and the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas (CFAT). An expanded definition of a “dealer” in the context of digital assets is the target of the lawsuit, which challenges a recent regulation. The challenge seeks to reverse this
In light of a recent civil case ruling, Terraform Labs and its co-founder, Do Kwon, are facing the prospect of heavy financial penalties from the U.S SEC. A filing made on April 19 in the U.S. District Court of New York in the Southern District of New York states that
On April 16, 2024, a lawsuit was filed against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in relation to the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), a system that was put in place to collect comprehensive transaction data from U.S. exchanges. The National Center for Public Policy Research and investors are
Enforcement Chief of the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gurbir Grewal, took aim at the cryptocurrency sector, highlighting their reluctance to comply with regulations and their desire to skirt them. Grewal stressed the SEC’s dedication to adapting current securities rules to the evolving digital asset world while speaking at
Practicing Law Institute’s “SEC Speaks” event featured U.S SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, who criticized the agency’s regulatory stance on the cryptocurrency sector, with an emphasis on Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 (SAB 121). Peirce, who is well-known for her dissenting opinions within the Commission, brought attention to the difficulties caused by
