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
The U.S SEC has reached a settlement in a lawsuit that requested the disclosure of information pertaining to any conflicts of interest in the SEC’s enforcement actions regarding crypto. The head of the government watchdog group Empower Oversight explained the reasoning for the decision to settle the case with the
The U.S SEC has asked a New York court to consider the “severity” of Ripple Labs’ misbehavior as it seeks a settlement of almost $2 billion from the company. The SEC requested Judge Analisa Torres to authorize the fine. It comprises $876 million in disgorgement, $198 million in prejudgment interest,
In his most recent jab at the cryptocurrency market, U.S SEC Chair Gary Gensler said that it could use some “disinfectant.” At Friday’s Columbia Law School conference, Gensler discussed the need and advantages of disclosures about climate and cyber threats, among others, in the financial markets. In the end, disclosures
Yet another exchange-traded fund (ETF), the VanEck spot Ethereum ETF, is seeing its decision date postponed by the U.S SEC. The government requested public feedback on the ETF and said in a document submitted on Wednesday that it would take until May 23, 2024 to make a decision. The SEC
Genesis Global Capital has opted to settle with the U.S SEC and agreed to pay $21 million to resolve the accusations over the Gemini Earn program. This is a historic milestone in the action launched by the SEC against Genesis and Gemini. Genesis Global Capital has consented to pay a
