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The SEC and CFTC say most crypto assets aren’t securities, map out a token taxonomy and paths out of “investment contract” status, but shift enforcement toward DeFi interfaces. SEC says ‘most crypto assets are not securities’ The U.S. Securities and…
2026-3-23 17:39 | |
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Europe’s securities watchdog ESMA has warned crypto companies not to falsely promote their MiCA-regulated status to avoid misleading investors. The European Securities and Markets Authority issued a warning to crypto companies on Friday, urging them not to use their regulated…
2025-7-12 15:56 | |
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In a pivotal shift for U.S. crypto policy, the Securities and Exchange Commission clarified on May 29 that most staking activities on proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains do not constitute securities transactions—marking a major departure from the agency’s previously aggressive stance under…
2025-6-1 15:00 | |
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SEC has charged Abra with securities violations related to the crypto platform’s Abra Earn program. The regulator previously charged Genesis and Gemini crypto exchange over securities violations related to Gemini Earn.
2024-8-27 23:36 | |
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The SEC is seeking to amend its complaint against Binance. The amendment would specifically address the definition of "Third Party Crypto Asset Securities" as outlined in a previous filing. The post SEC seeks complaint amendment to redefine crypto asset securities appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2024-7-31 09:12 | |
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Crypto.com becomes the first cryptocurrency exchange to commit to offering crypto products in line with the rules of the Ontario Securities Commission. The post Crypto.com Inks Agreement to Operate Under Canada’s Securities Watchdog appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-8-16 01:00 | |
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Market maker Citadel Securities said it would dip its toes into exchange-traded funds holding cryptocurrencies if regulators give the green light. The post Citadel Securities Observing Crypto ETF Space; Will Decide on Crypto ETFs After Regulatory Approval appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-6-8 00:00 | |
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The Canadian Securities Administration (CSA), the nation’s financial regulator has released new guidelines to govern crypto market participants in the country. The new guidelines require all bitcoin (BTC) trading venues and crypto exchanges to come under its purview and operate in total compliance with securities law, according to a Finance Magnates report on January 17,Read MoreRead More.
2020-1-18 20:00 | |
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is looking to hire a crypto specialist attorney advisor for its Division of Trading and Markets
2019-4-1 14:11 | |
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Hong Kong’s securities watchdog unveiled new rules for cryptocurrency funds and said it may now regulate crypto exchanges. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said in a statement on November 1 that fund managers that invest more than 10% of their portfolio in crypto assets will need to be licensed. Trading platforms that serve only […]
2018-11-2 15:36 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex is delisting eight coins: BitcoinDark (BTCD), Bitmark (BTM), Einsteinium, (EMC2), Gridcoin (GRC), NeosCoin (NEOS), PotCoin (POT), VeriCoin (VRC) and BitcoinPlus (XBC).
2018-9-20 01:10 | |
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Barack Obama, ex-President of the United States of America and the latest victim of crypto crime, of sorts at least. According to The Next Web, the Texas States Securities Board (TSSB) have stepped up to take action against three cryptocurrency companies within Texas that have been found to be acting deceitfully and making false claims, one company have even been found to have fabricated a short video that seems to show Barack Obama endorsing the companies products, though obviously Obama had nothing to do with it.
2018-9-19 21:30 | |
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It was announced today by Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles, that he has undertaken emergency action to stop the fraudulent offerings of investments in three separate schemes involving cryptocurrencies.
2018-9-20 21:30 | |
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The Texas State Securities Board has taken emergency action against three crypto investment schemes it alleges are attempting to hoax local investors.
2018-9-20 18:00 | |
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The Texas State Securities Board issued three emergency cease and desist orders Tuesday, Sept. 18, to shut down a Russian cryptocurrency scam, charge DigitalBank and two principals for threatening immediate and irreparable harm to the public, and charge a forex and Bitcoin trader of guaranteeing false ROIs, respectively.
2018-9-19 13:00 | |
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News wires buzzed this week when the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (Nasdaq) announced its pending purchase of Swedish crypto-friendly stock exchange technology company Cinnober.
2018-9-19 09:40 | |
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Damien Pang, head of the Technology Infrastructure Office at Singapore's central bank talks about the authority's insight on DTL and digital tokens.
2018-9-19 06:06 | |
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In April 2018, former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent off inquiries to more than a dozen cryptocurrencyexchanges to learn more about their internal operations.
2018-9-19 02:06 | |
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Ripple has found itself in the center of huge controversy, the cryptocurrency regulation debate in the US hit Ripple, with claims that XRP is a security. While the company has consistently argued against it, there seems no denying that the standard Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s definition when used in the crypto market, will hurt […] Ripple Introduces XRP Ledger (rippled) Version 1.
2018-9-18 08:49 | |
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Bitcoin means an ambitious categorisation effort by regular financial companies resulting in some viewing this alluring new asset class as much as a hybrid of a currency as it is an investment. Bitcoin has been declared as a commodity by the Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC).
2018-9-17 00:30 | |
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Industry buzz surrounded Ethereum this week as community members await the next stage of the coin’s development. The protocol also served as the jumping-off point for a new fully regulated stablecoin.
2018-9-16 18:41 | |
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Home is where the heart is…. and in some cases, that’s a security token on a blockchain. Polymath has teamed up with an investment fund to tokenize real properties, adding to the growing number of asset classes represented by on-blockchain securities.
2018-9-16 19:18 | |
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Lack of regulation has been a major problem for the cryptocurrency sector and government agencies trying to get a hold of this market. Now a new ruling from a US federal judge brings initial coin offerings (ICOs), the wildest space in the crypto markets, under the US securities law.
2018-9-14 20:24 | |
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A Canadian regulated bitcoin trust has achieved the mutual fund trust status, allowing eligible investors to invest in the trust through government-sponsored tax-efficient investment plans. The investment is approved by the Ontario Securities Commission and the British Columbia Securities Commission.
2018-9-13 11:10 | |
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The U. S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has taken its first disciplinary action involving cryptocurrencies. The authority charges a broker with fraudulent and unlawful distribution of unregistered crypto securities.
2018-9-13 08:10 | |
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On Tuesday, U. S. District Judge Raymond Dearie in Brooklyn, New York said that U. S. federal securities laws may cover initial coin offerings (ICOs), per Bloomberg report. This week’s ruling enhances the regulatory framework that governs cryptocurrencies by leveraging existing rules that already regulate the U.
2018-9-12 23:00 | |
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Does a decades-old securities law apply to an initial coin offering (ICO)? In a case that represents the first time securities laws have been applied to cryptocurrencies, a district judge says it may.
2018-9-12 22:09 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally issued a cease and desist order to a cryptocurrency hedge fund for violating securities laws. Under the Gun The SEC has filed a cease and desist order as well as a $200,000 fine to Crypto Asset Management LP (CAM) and to its founder Timothy Enneking, CNBC reports.
2018-9-12 22:00 | |
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The SEC (U. S Securities and Exchange Commission) revealed on Tuesday that is has taken action against two digital currency companies. Both mark the first ever action of their kind by the SEC. One of the firms is against a ‘superstore’ for ICOs and the other is against a firm which claims to bring the first regulated crypto asset fund to the United States.
2018-9-12 12:30 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Tuesday that it has taken action against two cryptocurrency firms. Both mark the “first-ever” action of their kind by the Commission.
2018-9-12 10:35 | |
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Earlier today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed that it went after two cryptocurrency establishments for alleged false marketing, according to two press releases via the Commission.
2018-9-12 05:57 | |
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The following opinion piece on token-as-securities was written by Benjamin Pirus, a crypto trader who has written many articles for different ICOs, crypto news outlets, and clients. 2017 was a special year in many ways.
2018-9-12 02:35 | |
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In what it deems a first for both enforcement actions, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is charging two entities with registration failures.
2018-9-12 23:36 | |
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Colorado Securities Commissioner Gerald Rome has continued the state’s fight against fraudulent ICOs, issuing three separate orders to suspicious ICO companies as part of the state’s crypto regulation drive.
2018-9-12 23:00 | |
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A year-old legal battle between two of the crypto industry’s leading organizations is coming to a close. After a volley of countersuits that had the companies jumping from courthouse to courthouse, Ripple and R3 have brokered a settlement that will put the drama to rest.
2018-9-12 21:26 | |
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a non-profit watchdog for public brokerage firms in the U. S. , has had its first run-in with the cryptocurrency industry.
2018-9-12 21:15 | |
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A court in the USA has today ruled that tokens sold during ICOs count as securities under federal law, according to Bloomberg, which stated in an article that “Federal prosecutors won a key legal victory when a judge ruled that U.
2018-9-12 21:09 | |
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Despite increasing state regulations surrounding the year-long cryptocurrency ban in China, investors are still finding ways to get involved with the market. On August 23rd, the Shanghai Securities Times reported that Chinese authorities are increasing their regulation by preventing investors’ access to 124 non-native exchanges.
2018-9-11 17:48 | |
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has filed a securities fraud complaint against a cryptocurrency broker.
2018-9-11 17:44 | |
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Provides Some Insight Into ENT Ban Yesterday, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made headlines by temporarily banning the trading of two crypto securities, including Bitcoin Tracker One (CXBTF) and Ether Tracker One (CETHF).
2018-9-11 06:14 | |
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Two securities, one that tracks bitcoin and another that tracks the cryptocurrency ether, have been temporarily halted by a U. S. regulatory watchdog due to investor confusion.
2018-9-11 22:01 | |
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The bear market has reached a 10 month low after the the biggest rival to Bitcoin falls and US regulators are suspended trading in two securities linked to virtual assets. The second largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, slumped just under 9% on Friday and Bitcoin lost just over 2%.
2018-9-10 15:30 | |
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The Ethereum and Bitcoin exchange-traded notes, which was designed as a way for traders to get into digital currencies in the US, have now been suspended by the United States SEcurities and Exchanges Commission (SEC).
2018-9-10 13:30 | |
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has stated that, in addition to being the most popular cryptocurrency exchange in the U. S. , the company eventually intends to grow into an organization that resembles the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
2018-9-10 11:13 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended the trading of two XBT Provider products: Bitcoin Tracker One and Ether Tracker One. The agency attributes “a lack of current, consistent and accurate information” which leads to “confusion amongst market participants” as the reason.
2018-9-10 06:55 | |
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Although the Chinese government has hailed their crypto ban as successful, it appears that traders have found multiple ways to circumvent the ban despite tightening scrutiny on crypto by state regulators.
2018-9-10 13:00 | |
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The main Australian financial regulator has just published its 2018 to 2022 corporate plan. In the document, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) states that it will keep a watchful eye on cryptocurrency and will regulate it to minimise harm whilst preserving the innovative potential of the space.
2018-9-9 23:30 | |
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The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has approved another crypto exchange to legally operate in the country. There are now six exchanges that have been granted approval. Meanwhile, the government is considering maintaining its own wallet in order to confiscate cryptocurrencies from illegal sources.
2018-9-8 13:57 | |
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has published a corporate plan that describes a vision for the country’s economic future as well as its intentions to regulate the cryptocurrency market.
2018-9-8 13:00 | |
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Transak has completed its integration with MegaETH, enabling users to purchase ETH directly on the high-speed Layer 2 network using standard fiat payment methods.
Ethereum researcher ladislaus. eth published a walkthrough last week explaining how Ethereum plans to move from re-executing every transaction to verifying zero-knowledge proofs. The post frames it as a “quiet but fundamental transformation,” and the framing is accurate.
Ethereum was cheaper than expected in 2020, and rollup decentralization was slower than promised in 2021. Those two realities are forced the ecosystem to rewrite what “a layer-2” is for.
The Ethereum blockchain recorded its strongest operational year in history in 2025, processing record transaction volumes and securing the vast majority of the DeFi market. However, the crypto asset that powers the network failed to mirror that growth, posting double-digit losses for the year.
LeverUp, a new LP-free decentralized perpetuals exchange, has launched on Monad, offering zero-fee trading, uncapped market depth, and leverage up to 1001x. A new decentralized perps exchange is live on Monad LeverUp, a new decentralized perps exchange, has officially launched…
LINE price keeps dumping despite major institutional catalysts from its maker ConsenSys and SharpLink. Is bottom in yet? Linea (LINEA), ConsenSys’ zkEVM Layer-2 network, has been in the spotlight this week following major institutional developments. Earlier this week, SharpLink announced…
An Amazon Web Services disruption on Oct. 20 knocked out MetaMask and other ETH wallets displays and slowed Base network operations, exposing how cloud infrastructure dependencies ripple through decentralized systems when a single provider fails.