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Don’t believe the ‘crypto’ hype: SEC wins partial victory over Binance.US
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued a memorandum opinion on the 13 charges in the SEC's civil complaint against Binance.
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued a memorandum opinion on the 13 charges in the SEC's civil complaint against Binance.
The SEC filed a civil complaint against Consensys Software Inc. for failing to register as a securities broker and for failing to register the offer and sale of certain 'crypto' securities.
A U.S. federal judge ruled that the SEC had "sufficiently pleaded" that Coinbase operated as an exchange, broker, and clearing agency, and engaged in the unregistered sale of securities.
Binance could see itself in court following Monday's proceedings on its plea to dismiss the SEC's civil lawsuit, with Judge Jackson appearing skeptical over the exchange's arguments.
Should Senate Bill 339 become law, digital asset miners in Virginia would no longer need to obtain money transmitter permits to conduct block reward mining and would be entitled to incentives.
The five-hour hearing on the U.S. securities regulator’s complaint against Coinbase was enough to make the exchange's supporters claim victory easily, but the market was not as enthused.
2023 is a challenging year for the digital asset space, with major firms collapsing, high-profile names getting into lawsuits, and regulators rushing to balance innovation and regulation.
While the proposed bill would not impact how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission oversees the digital asset space, its enforcement in New Jersey would further validate that the regulator is on the right track.
While the court may submit queries to the jury in resolving factual disputes, determining whether an asset is a security still lies at the hands of the court, the U.S. securities regulator argues in its latest filing.
As a dramatic 2023 for digital assets draws to a close, CoinGeek speaks with Stephanie Breslow, co-author of 'Hedge Funds: Formation, Operation and Regulation' and partner at U.S. law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel, on the state of digital asset regulation in the U.S. at the court cases defining it.
Following a lengthy investigation into the Terra collapse, Terraform Labs and Do Kwon filed a motion to dismiss the SEC case, claiming that the probe didn't yield any result proving their misdeed.
In a filing with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Coinbase blasted the Securities and Exchange Commission for what it claimed is a broad interpretation of a security when it comes to digital assets.