04-19-2025 
Howey Test
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27 July, 2022
Most ‘cryptos’ are securities according to the Howey test
Most crypto assets are securities, often illegal, as they meet the Howey test and haven’t been issued or distributed in...
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11 July, 2022
SOL investors sue Solana Labs and VC firm Multicoin over securities laws violation
Many factors make Solana a bad investment, but the lawsuit is based on securities violations, and an investor believes that...
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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....
