The leading trading platform, Robinhood Markets, revealed in its most recent 10-K filing that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an investigative subpoena regarding its crypto operations. The brokerage received a subpoena from the SEC in December, just after the crypto exchange FTX filed bankruptcy protection on November
The world’s largest digital asset Bitcoin’s (BTC) chart signals green after trading for five days in a red candle. Since the beginning of 2023, the global crypto market showing some positive recovery from its prolonged bear market. At the time of writing, the overall market cap was $1.12 trillion, which
The New York and Federal financial regulators have rejected the largest crypto exchange Binance’s $1.2 billion assets acquisition of bankruptcy cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital. According to a 22nd February document, regulators believed it might be discriminatory and illegal. Binance U.S resubmitted its bid on Voyager after FTX filed for Chapter
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its chairman, Gary Gensler, have been targeted by the Chamber of Digital Commerce for their “regulation by enforcement” strategy, which poses a danger to the U.S. digital assets market and investors. The Chamber of Digital Commerce argued in an amicus brief in
Since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) assault on crypto businesses, scrutiny of crypto players in the U.S. continues. In the latest development, an attorney from New York has filed a complaint with regulators over a cryptocurrency exchange. Global regulatory agencies stepped up their attempts to standardize crypto market
The U.S. government’s clampdowns and the lack of regulatory clarity have frustrated blockchain and digital currency executives. Both Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Kraken CEO Jesse Powell have urged lawmakers to establish uniform regulations for digital currencies. The CEO of Custodia, Caitlin Long, said in a blog post on February
On Friday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged ex-NBA star Paul Pierce with crypto breaches. The charges against him center on his promotion of EthereumMax (EMAX) coins on social media without providing the necessary context. The SEC said the ex-player made deceptive claims in a promotion for EMAX.
The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued Terraform Labs and its founder, Do Kwon, for misleading investors in what the commission called a “multibillion-dollar fraud”. SEC claimed in its court filing in the Southern District of New York that, since beginning in April 2018, Kwon sold a range
On February 15th, a media outlet claimed that the Korean Financial Services Authority was investigating the staking services industry. Concerns expressed by members of the cryptocurrency community regarding the fallout from the recent settlement between the SEC and Kraken in American court seem to be materializing. In the wake of
Since the announcement of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) action against Paxos and its stablecoin Binance USD, the largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has experienced a spike in withdrawals from its users. The stablecoin BUSD also known as Binance USD, was introduced in 2019 by Binance and Paxos. Then
