Coinbase’s First Legal Defense To Be Addressed By SEC On July 13

According to a court order issued on Thursday, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to provide its counterarguments in response to Coinbase’s initial legal defense on July 13.

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Judge brings forward pretrial conference in SEC vs. Coinbase litigation case

In the ongoing lawsuit between the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and Coinbase, the presiding judge has rescheduled the pretrial conference, moving it from its initial August 24 date to July 13.

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SEC vs Coinbase Case Set for July 13 After Exchange’s ‘Creative' Opening Response

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will present its response to Coinbase's first legal defense, filed Thursday, on July 13, the court has ordered.

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SEC snubs Coinbase’s seven-day rulemaking request but could act by October

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated in a June 13 court filing that it has not yet decided on requests from Coinbase. SEC says it hasn’t decided on rulemaking In July 2022, Coinbase petitioned the SEC to engage in rulemaking for the cryptocurrency industry, seeking clear regulatory guidelines.

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eToro to delist four altcoins in SEC compliance

Social trading platform eToro has confirmed plans to delist selected crypto assets for its United States clients next month. Users will no longer open positions on altcoins Algorand, Polygon, Decentraland, and Dash as of 12 July 2023.

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eToro Restricts Multiple Tokens for US Customers Following SEC Attack

eToro, a global trading platform, will restrict US users from opening new positions in ALGO, MANA, DASH, and MATIC cryptocurrencies starting July 12. The decision comes in response to regulatory developments and the SEC's classification of certain crypto assets as securities.

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Ripple v. SEC Case May End in July, Lawyer Explains Why

Jeremy Hogan eyes July for resolution in SEC's litigation with Ripple

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Coinbase Files Lawsuit Against SEC Seeking Regulatory Clarity

The cryptocurrency firm is seeking a response to its July 2022 petition asking the SEC for formal guidance for the industry.

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Coinbase files court action to compel SEC’s response to rulemaking petition

Coinbase is looking to force the SEC to respond to its petition seeking rules for the crypto industry, a request that’s been pending since July.

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Coinbase stock down 14% as US SEC cracks down on crypto staking

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) share price dropped by 14%, the most it has dropped by since July 2022 when the exchange faced a probe by the US SEC for its cryptocurrency listing. Yesterday’s plunge was after the Kraken exchange agreed to pay $30 million for issuing unregistered securities.

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SEC’s crypto-related penalties hit $2.6 billion in 2022

The SEC’s first crypto-related enforcement action was in July 2013. The agency has brought 127 such actions since, with 30 of these in 2022 representing a 50% increase from 2021. The monetary penalties across the settlements with the regulator reached $2.

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Ripple Bags Crucial Win In SEC Case; XRP Soars 15% After The Decision

Ripple chief executive officer, Brad Garlinghouse, stated in July that the crypto company will relocate if it loses its legal dispute with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Well, it looks like Garlinghouse will just have to stay put and not go anywhere.

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Insider Trading: Former Coinbase Employee Pleads Guilty To Charges As SEC Clamps Down On The Cryptosphere

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) zero tolerance for insider trading in digital assets took a new turn in July as the commission arrested Coinbase staff Ishan Wahi and his brother Nikhil Wahi.

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Cathie Wood Says Ark Sold Some Coinbase Due to Uncertainty on SEC Probe

Ark's CEO Cathie Wood explains rationale for selling some of its Coinbase stake in late July.

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Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest sells $75M worth of Coinbase shares due to poor performance

AArk Invest’s trading data for July 25 shows that it sold over 1. 41 million Coinbase Global Inc shares due to poor stock performance amid the bear market and an ongoing investigation by the SEC.

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SEC is investigating Coinbase over ‘securities’ listing

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating whether Coinbase allowed Americans to trade unregistered security assets, Bloomberg News reported on July 26. The post SEC is investigating Coinbase over ‘securities’ listing appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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NFTs banned in Minecraft, SEC lists 9 tokens as securities and 3AC founder blames cockiness for company meltdown: Hodler’s Digest, July 17-23

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SEC charges former Coinbase manager- Here's why

The Securities and Exchange Commission on 21 July initiated insider trading charges against a former Coinbase product manager, his brother, and his friend. The accused perpetrated a scheme to tradeThe post SEC charges former Coinbase manager- Here's why appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Coinbase denies listing securities, says SEC should provide regulatory framework

Coinbase has strongly denied that it listed securities on its platform, according to a July 21 blog post by Paul Grewal, the firm’s Chief  Legal Officer. The post Coinbase denies listing securities, says SEC should provide regulatory framework appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Thai SEC seeks clarification from Zipmex on withdrawal freeze

The Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sent a letter to Cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex, asking for clarifications about the halt of all customer withdrawals, according to a July 21 press release.

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Senator Elizabeth Warren wants more enforcement from SEC in the crypto space

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) needs to take action to protect consumers against bad actors in the crypto space, Senator Elizabeth Warren told Yahoo Finance on July 17.

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Crypto Market Forecast: Week of July 11th 2022

A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week, the Bitcoin price recovers, Grayscale sues the SEC over its declined ETF proposal, and exchanges report a net outflow of assets to private wallets.

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Why The SEC Will Reject Grayscale’s Bitcoin Linked Spot ETF

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will announce its decision on the Bitcoin-linked spot Exchanged Traded Funds (ETFs) proposals filed by investment giants Bitwise and Grayscale. The Commission is expected to make this announcement on the former by July 1st and on the latter by July 6th.

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Grayscale hires former Solicitor General to help force Bitcoin ETF approval

Ahead of the July 6 SEC decision, the investment giant has hired Don Verrilli, a former U.S. Solicitor General as a senior legal strategist to work alongside its attorneys at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and its in-house counsel.

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US SEC Rejects Yet Another Bitcoin Spot ETF Application

The SEC has turned down Ark 21Shares Spot Bitcoin ETF application. Again, the SEC says the application fails to ensure consumer protection and prevent market manipulation. The decision on Grayscale’s application is expected in July.

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SEC Sends an “Investigative Subpoena” to USDC Issuer Circle

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sent an “investigative subpoena” to the issuer of USDC stablecoin Circle in July of this year, according to a filing. Circle made this disclosure as part of a filing about its plans to go public through a merger with the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Concord Acquisition Corp.

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USDC Operator Circle Received Subpoena from SEC, "Cooperates on Investigation"

Circle Internet Financial, operator of second-largest stablecoin USDC, revealed it received a subpoena from the SEC in July

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Circle reveals cooperation in ongoing SEC investigation

Circle has published filings revealing it is cooperating with a subpoena from the SEC that it received in July.

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SEC Subpoenas USDC Stablecoin Issuer Circle

Circle is under investigation by the SEC, as the firm reveals it was issued a subpoena by the regulatory body in July 2021. The post SEC Subpoenas USDC Stablecoin Issuer Circle appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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BlackRock SEC filings show company gained $369K from Bitcoin futures

Larry Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock, said in July that the company was seeing "very little in terms of investor demand" for cryptocurrencies.

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Poloniex Agrees to Pay Over $10M to SEC in Settlement for Operating Unregistered Crypto Exchange

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Monday that cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has agreed to pay over $10 million to settle charges of operating an unregistered platform that facilitated buying and selling digital asset securities from July 2017 through November 2019.

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Goldman Sachs files a DeFi ETF application with the US SEC

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), a leading American investment bank, has filed for a decentralised finance (DeFi) exchange-traded fund (ETF) with the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). A report unveiled this news on July 27, citing the application, which the bank filed yesterday.

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Wilshire Phoenix Co-founder Says SEC Could Approve First Bitcoin ETF in 2023

William Cai, co-founder of the New York-based investment firm Wilshire Phoenix said that investors in the United States may have to wait till 2023 before regulators approve a Bitcoin ETF.  US Might not get Bitcoin ETF in 2021 According to Business Insider on Sunday (July 25, 2021), Cai said that the US Securities and ExchangeRead More

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XRP Lawsuit: Will the SEC taking on its own commissioners' statements backfire

The feud between the United States SEC and San Francisco-based fintech firm Ripple Labs continues to show no signs of stalling. In their 20 July filing, the defendants urged the court to consider statThe post XRP Lawsuit: Will the SEC taking on its own commissioners' statements backfire appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Global X Bitcoin ETF Application Joins Long List Before the SEC

The New York-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider Global X has become the latest company to file for a Bitcoin ETF with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Global X Files for Bitcoin ETF Global X revealed plans to launch a Bitcoin ETF in a Form S-1 filing with the SEC on Thursday (July 21,Read More

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Global X becomes latest to seek SEC's approval for Bitcoin ETF

Global X ETFs, a New York-based provider of global exchange-traded funds, is in the news today after it filed for a Bitcoin ETF. The global provider of ETFs filed with the U.S. SEC on 21 July and suggThe post Global X becomes latest to seek SEC's approval for Bitcoin ETF appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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XRP Lawsuit: Why was Hinman's deposition pushed?

The deposition of former Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] Director of Corporate Finance, William Hinman has been postponed to 27 July 2021. The same was earlier scheduled to take place on MondThe post XRP Lawsuit: Why was Hinman's deposition pushed? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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XRP lawsuit update: Is this development truly 'bad' for Ripple?

The SEC v. Ripple Labs case has taken a new turn. In what is the latest development in the same, the court has scheduled a telephone conference on 15 July at 3:00 pm to discuss the U.S. Securities andThe post XRP lawsuit update: Is this development truly 'bad' for Ripple? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Ripple insists on deposing former high-ranking SEC official as part of XRP lawsuit

Ripple Labs, the blockchain company behind the XRP token that is currently locked in a $1. 3 billion legal battle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has rescheduled the deposition of William Hinman, the SEC’s former director of Division of Corporation Finance, to July 19, according to court filing published last Friday.

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Capital International Buys Nearly 1 Million Shares of Bitcoin-Focused Microstrategy

Major asset management firm Capital International has gained exposure to bitcoin through investing in almost 1 million shares of Microstrategy which now holds more than 100K bitcoins. Capital International Investors (CII) informed the SEC in a filing dated July 12 that it has purchased shares of Microstrategy’s Class A common stock (MSTR). The filing states: […]

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Bitcoin Critic Sen. Warren Gives SEC 3 Weeks to Regulate Crypto Markets

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has up until July 28 to figure out a crypto regulatory framework for protecting US citizens with an interest in cryptocurrency investments. This is according to an open letter written to SEC chair Gary Gensler by the US Senior democratic senator for Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren. Speaking as the […]

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SEC vs Ripple Lawsuit Has Become ‘Cold’ — Analyst Suggests It Could Henceforth Continue Behind Closed Doors

The legal battle between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and crypto payment firm Ripple is taking a bit longer than expected. And if you’ve been paying attention, you will realize that no news has been shared with the XRP community in recent weeks.

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Ripple Releases 1 Billion XRP on July 1, Ignoring SEC’s Lawsuit

Ripple blockchain tech provider has unlocked another billion XRP tokens while the SEC legal suit against it continues

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SEC inquiry regarding Robinhood’s crypto business reportedly delays IPO

Robinhood had initially hoped to begin its public offering after American investors returned from the July 4 holidays.

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SEC Delays VanEck Bitcoin ETF Decision Yet Again, Deadline Pushed to July

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed its decision on the VanEck bitcoin ETF again, saying in a filing that it wanted public commentary. The post SEC Delays VanEck Bitcoin ETF Decision Yet Again, Deadline Pushed to July appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Thai SEC bans exchanges from handling certain token types including NFTs

Local exchanges now have until July 11 to update their rules for listing tokens in order to be in compliance with SEC guidelines.

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It looks like the SEC isn't done with trading app Abra just yet

The SEC's investigation into the crypto trading firm, which paid fines of $300,000 in July, apparently continues.

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SEC Looking to Buy a Blockchain Forensics Tool That Analyzes Smart Contracts

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking for a blockchain forensics tool to help it analyze smart contracts. In a call for bids to software companies on July 30, the regulator said that the tool must be able to “analyze and detail code within blockchains and other distributed ledgers.

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Binance Banned from Offering Crypto Derivatives in Brazil

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Brazil issued a notice to the leading spot crypto exchange Binance to cease offering crypto derivatives trading in the country. As per the document released on July 2nd, 2020, the company does not hold the authorization from the SEC to act as a securities intermediary in the country. […]

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