03-10-2025 
Howey Test
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8 June, 2022
Sweeping US ‘crypto’ bill elevates CFTC’s role in regulating digital assets
The Responsible Financial Innovation Act is designed to improve flexibility, innovation, transparency and consumer protections with regard to digital assets.
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8 June, 2022
Judge takes dim view of SEC flip-flops in Ripple hearing
The communications in question preceded Hinman’s June 2018 speech in which he declared that tokens based on networks that were...
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5 April, 2022
SEC Chair Gary Gensler: ‘No reason’ to treat digital asset market differently under securities laws
The thrust of SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s address may be already self-evident to many: that current laws already apply to...
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22 July, 2021
Ripple accidentally makes a good point in SEC defense: why isn’t ETH an unregistered security too?
Based on the legal test for determining whether something is a security or not (Howey), the SEC has a case....
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31 March, 2021
Who’s next? SEC accuses LBRY of offering unregistered securities
The U.S. regulator said the offering of LBRY, whose business focuses on distribution and monetization of digital content without an...
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14 December, 2020
Ethereum 2.0 is an unexploded regulatory bomb
Ethereum 2.0 has gone live, seemingly without a thought paid to whether the network’s new system falls within the definition...
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18 Apr 2022
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30 Sep 2024
Is BRICS’ new gold-backed currency imminent?
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10 Oct 2024
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26 Aug 2024
Is BRICS about to announce a gold-backed currency?
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22 Oct 2024
It looks like there won’t be a BRICS currency yet
