Despite Founding Principles, SEC’s Gary Gensler Says Crypto Is Centralized

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SEC Chair Gary Gensler Claims DeFi Is Centralized

The extremely crypto-savvy SEC boss can see right through DeFi’s decentralization lie

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SEC Chairman Outlines Regulation of Crypto Assets Relating to Security-Based Swaps

The chairman of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has clarified how cryptocurrencies falling under security-based swaps are regulated. He affirmed that platforms operating in the centralized or decentralized finance space are implicated by the securities laws.

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Has Trump Silenced SEC?

The Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has been somewhat quiet recently. They’re still going after harmless centralized apps in an attempt to enforce monopolies on stock trading, but they’ve stayed...

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Using SEC Guidance and Ripple Execs’ Tweets to Incriminate Company for Selling “Unregistered Security” XRP

The complaint against Ripple and its CEO Brad Garlinghouse by Plaintiff Bradley Sostack, individually and on behalf of others who purchased Ripple XRP tokens put forward the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ruling as an argument.

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Op Ed: Understanding the Latest FinCEN Guidance for Cryptocurrencies

On May 9, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), issued new “interpretive guidance” about how its regulations apply to businesses that conduct money transmissions in virtual currencies.

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In Plain English: SEC Publishes Guidance on Tokens as Securities

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published an investment contract framework for digital assets, which is intended to give crypto companies guidance as to whether a cryptocurrency is a security.

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Dec 5th Crypto News Recap – Sberbank, SEC, VeChainThor, Binance CZ, US Congressman, Roger Ver [VIDEO]

Sberbank And Interros Group Perform OTC Repo Transaction Using Blockchain Technology Sberbank And Interros Group Perform OTC Repo Transaction Using Blockchain Technology SEC Chairman “Bitcoin Is NOT A Security”: Stating Open Distribution, No Centralized Authority Control SEC Chairman “Bitcoin Is NOT A Security”: Stating Open Distribution, No Centralized Authority Control VeChainThor (VET) Releases Node Tokenization […]

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SEC Chairman “Bitcoin Is NOT A Security”: Stating Open Distribution, No Centralized Authority Control

Chairman of the US SEC, Jay Clayton, recently came forth and spoke about why he believes Bitcoin is not a security. In a recent interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin (of TimesTalk), Clayton not only spoke about Bitcoin but also gave his wider opinions on various topics related to the global blockchain space. Clayton Speaks Out […]

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Singapore Grants RMO License for CapBridge to Operate New Security Exchange

Global private capital platform CapBridge Pte. Ltd. has garnered a license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to operate a security exchange known as 1exchange (also called 1X), which became operational on November 21, 2018.

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Bitcoin Analyst Stephen Palley Says SEC’s Crypto Market Effects Are Negligible

Bitcoin has found itself being traded under $5,000 dollars at the beginning of the current week. And clearly, the negative sentiment started to spread on the market after a few days operating negatively.

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Analyst: Too Early to Write Off Bitcoin, SEC Had Negligible Effect on Crypto Markets

As Bitcoin (BTC) fell further on Monday, finding itself under $5,000 in a first for 2018, industry savants quickly took to crypto’s side, in spite of the growing bearish sentiment. Surprisingly, a crypto-friendly partner at Washington, D.

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Analyst: Too Early to Write off Bitcoin, SEC Had Negligible Effect on Crypto Markets

As Bitcoin (BTC) fell further on Monday, finding itself under $5,000 in a first for 2018, industry savants quickly took to crypto’s side, in spite of the growing bearish sentiment. Surprisingly, a crypto-friendly partner at Washington, D.

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Top Crypto News (Nov 8): SEC Shutdowns EtherDelta, Square’s Bitcoin, IBM, BitMEX, Binance, Bitmain

Bitcoin Investors Should Never Use Centralized Crypto Exchanges for Storing Crypto Assets Bitcoin Investors Should Never Use Centralized Crypto Exchanges for Storing Crypto Assets SEC Charges EtherDelta Token Trading Founder for Operating Unregistered Exchange Illegally SEC Charges EtherDelta Token Trading Founder for Operating Unregistered Exchange Illegally Square’s Shareholder Letter Shows $43 Million in BTC Revenue […]

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Many Crypto Experts Think XRP is Not a Security, But What Happens if Ripple’s Coin is Ruled One?

Earlier in June, William Hinman, the Director of the Division of Corporate Finance in the SEC, declared that Ethereum is not a security. The announcement came as a reprieve to crypto investors. Speaking on Ethereum, Hinman noted that it operates on a decentralized network, rather than a typical centralized platform that usually offers securities. For […]

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In Search of Stability: An Overview of the Budding Stablecoin Ecosystem

Stability. The word seems to be at complete odds with the current nature of the crypto market. With its flagship coin having “died” on hundreds of occasions, volatility and meteoric price swings have come to define cryptocurrencies, as price stability, ever-elusive, is in short supply.

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Ripple CTO Says XRP Ledger is Completely Decentralized

Ripple Labs, Inc. has long been on the defensive against claims from cryptocurrency pundits and investors who believe that its native token, XRP, will be viewed as a security by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) due to its seemingly centralized design.

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Op Ed: Exploring the SEC’s New “Sufficiently Decentralized” Test

The regulators have awoken. SEC Director William Hinman introduced novel concepts to the securities law analysis such that sellers of digital assets may have an escape valve.

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Investment fund CEOs: XRP is digital fiat, not real cryptocurrency

In the lead-up to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) critical decision on whether digital tokens are securities, CEOs of digital asset investment firms are really giving it to Ripple’s native cryptocurrency, XRP – claiming it’s really just digital fiat.

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Another Class Action Filed Against Ripple, Claims XRP Has “Hallmarks of a Security”

Ripple is staring down the barrel of yet another securities lawsuit — its third one this year. Filed in the Superior Court of the State of California in San Mateo County, the class action alleges that Ripple and its team illegally sold and promoted XRP, Ripple’s currency, as an unregistered security.

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