The SEC weighs its options on how to regulate the trading of digital assets, diverging significantly from the agency's previous approach.
The filing signals a possible end to a high-profile dispute that has gripped the payments upstart industry since December 2020 for its sale of XRP tokens.
Ripple and the SEC have reached an agreement-in-principle, and are waiting for approval from the Commission.
As part of the settlement agreement, the SEC agreed to drop its claims that three of Nova Labs’ tokens, including the native HNT token, were securities.
The SEC staff statement was based on observations about previous disclosures, the agency said.
Nova Labs, the creator of the Helium Network, said the U.S. SEC has dropped its claims that the firm sold unregistered securities.
The Senate voted to confirm President Trump's pick for SEC Chair, Paul Atkins, who is expected to embark on creating a regulatory framework for crypto.
OpenSea lawyers argued the NFT marketplace does not qualify as an exchange or broker under federal securities laws.
The SEC has approved options trading on spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds for BlackRock, Grayscale and Bitwise.
Lawmakers are escalating their efforts to draft legislation to regulate crypto, while some raised concerns of moves to cut crypto enforcement.
The SEC intends to host a round table with Coinbase and other crypto legal rivals, and Ripple plans to acquire Hidden Road for $1.25 billion.
A commissioner's disapproval of the SEC's statement that stablecoins are not securities could pose a challenge to bills, TD Cowen said.
The SEC will hold a crypto roundtable on Friday featuring panelists from Coinbase, Cumberland DRW and Uniswap Labs.
Galaxy Digital plans to redomicile in Delaware and list shares on Nasdaq after May 9 shareholder vote.
This review is part of efforts to ease regulatory pressure on the digital assets sector and may lead to new regulatory frameworks.
One staff statement flagged for review is a 2019 document that provides guidance on how the SEC applies the Howey Test to digital assets.
Grayscale has taken the next step in its efforts to launch a spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF). On April 4, the digital asset manager filed a Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), aiming to convert its existing Grayscale Solana Trust (GSOL) into a publicly traded ETF. Crypto traders on the decentralized […]
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Ex-football player Bo Hines is in his new era — crypto — and is entering into his third month as a top crypto lead in the White House.
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted to advance Paul Atkins, President Donald Trump's nomination to lead the U.S. SEC.
The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Gemini in 2023 over its now-defunct Earn product.
The SEC has recently been dropping its lawsuit against crypto companies, including Coinbase, OpenSea and Immutable.
Kentucky has officially dropped its lawsuit against Coinbase over the exchange’s crypto-staking services. According to a joint filing submitted on March 31, the state’s Department of Financial Institutions dismissed the case without prejudice, signaling a broader shift in regulatory sentiment. Paul Grewal, Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer, responded by highlighting the growing momentum in favor of […]
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The agency is determined to treat crypto derivatives the same way it treats everything else.
Long time crypto advocate Miller Whitehouse-Levine is taking on his next endeavour in Washington in launching the Solana Policy Institute.
Haliey Welch, famously known as the “Hawk Tuah” girl, revealed that the SEC has closed its probe into her meme coin, which plummeted 95% within hours of launch. Despite investors losing millions, the agency chose not to press charges or impose fines. This decision highlights the SEC’s selective enforcement in volatile crypto markets, sparking debate …
It follows the dismissal of the SEC's case against Coinbase, while other crypto firms still await confirmation of their cases being dropped.
Crypto.com says the U.S. SEC has shut its investigation into the exchange, marking the last crypto firm to have the agency's probes dropped.
U.S. lawmakers peppered potential incoming SEC Paul Atkins about his ties to bankrupt crypto exchange FTX while also criticizing Gensler.
In a recent financial disclosure, Atkins admitted to owning up to $6 million in crypto-related assets.
As a dozen crypto companies have been freed from enforcement actions and ongoing investigations, Unicoin remains in enforcement limbo.