Coinbase Loses Most of Motion to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit

A federal judge ruled the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought enough of a case arguing that Coinbase is operating an unregistered broker, exchange and clearinghouse that its suit against the crypto trading company should move forward.

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Crypto exchange ShapeShift settles with SEC for $275k

ShapeShift has agreed to pay a $275,000 fine to settle allegations brought by the SEC, which said the exchange failed to register as a dealer. In a settlement revealed on Mar. 5, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced…

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Lack Of Disclosure Costs VanEck Almost $2 Million Fine In SEC’s ETF Investigation

In a recent development, VanEck, a registered investment adviser and issuer of Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), has settled with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).   The company has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.

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Coinbase Bullish: Bitcoin ETF Approval Expected After SEC’s Defeat

In a recent CNBC report, Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, expressed confidence in the approval of a US-based Bitcoin (BTC)  exchange-traded fund (ETF) by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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SEC drops lawsuit against Ripple and its execs

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple have agreed to a “dismissal with prejudice,” potentially averting an upcoming trial. The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has informed the U.

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Circle files appeal to remove stablecoins from SEC’s Binance lawsuit

Circle has filed a note of protest as part of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) litigation against Binance, a crypto exchange

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SEC Extends Ark, Global X ETF Deadlines as Government Shutdown Looms

The efforts from Ark 21Shares and Global X to list spot bitcoin exchange traded funds (ETFs) must now officially wait longer for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to either approve or reject or deny their applications as the agency moved to extend deadlines Tuesday.

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U.S. House Lawmakers Push SEC’s Gensler to Approve Spot Bitcoin ETF ‘Immediately’

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should listen to the courts and give up its efforts to block exchange traded funds (ETFs) holding bitcoins, a bipartisan group of lawmakers argued in a letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler.

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SEC Intensifies Legal Battle With Binance: Court Update

In an escalating battle between the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Binance, the regulatory agency has sharply criticized the cryptocurrency exchange for its alleged non-cooperation in a recent investigation.

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Coinbase Files Motion To Dismiss The SEC Case

In a significant development in the ongoing legal battle between Coinbase and the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the American cryptocurrency exchange has filed a motion to dismiss the SEC’s complaint.

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U.S. SEC Out-of-Bounds in Dragging DeFi Into Proposed Exchange Rule, Industry Says

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to stretch how it identifies exchanges it needs to regulate, and the agency’s inbox is jammed with crypto industry letters accusing it of reaching well beyond its legal powers and potentially forcing rules on services the platforms need, such as electric companies.

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Is Crypto.com SEC’s Next Target? $65 Million Sent To Binance Raises Red Flags

Recently, there has been speculation in the digital asset community that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may sue Crypto. com, a popular exchange and financial services provider. This comes after the SEC filed similar lawsuits against two other major exchanges, Coinbase and Binance, for selling “securities” without “proper” registration.

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Coinbase Suffers Double Whammy As SEC And State Regulators Act Against Exchange For Unregistered Securities

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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Says Exchange Act ‘Undermines First Amendment’

The U.S. SEC commissioner Hester Peirce faulted the regulator's attempt to change the definition of "exchange." The post SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Says Exchange Act ‘Undermines First Amendment’ appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Questions SEC Investigation Into BNB

The founder of the world's largest crypto exchange stopped short of denying SEC interest in Binance’s exchange token.

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BSTX gets nod from the SEC to operate a blockchain securities based exchange

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) maintained a firm position when dealing with cryptocurrencies. Different strict rules and regulations were implemented in the past. That said, this deveThe post BSTX gets nod from the SEC to operate a blockchain securities based exchange appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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SEC extends decision on four potential Bitcoin ETFs to end of 2021

Again, US’s top Financial regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed its decision on four Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) applications until at least November citing the need for additional time to decide on whether to accept the proposals or not.

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The SEC may sue Coinbase if the exchange offers crypto lending

Coinbase has publicly disclosed that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)  intends to sue the company over a new lending product, dubbed “Lend.” Despite months of effort to engage with the SEC, the largest cryptocurrency trading platform in the US has revealed that it has been left in the dark about how and why […] The post The SEC may sue Coinbase if the exchange offers crypto lending appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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SEC Settles Poloniex Charges

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SEC to ‘closely review’ actions of Robinhood and merry Redditors

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has promised to review the recent events surrounding the GameStop (GME) pump and the subsequent restrictions on stock trading enforced by Robinhood exchange, the SEC’s acting chair and commissioners stated on Friday.

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SEC Issues Alert Against Initial Exchange Offerings

The SEC has issued an alert to investors regarding initial exchange offerings. This warning is not an official statement on regulatory policy, but it does indicate the way the American market regulators view the practice and why many exchanges are shunning U.

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Tokens Plummet 15-20% Following SEC’s Crackdown on ICOs, Dark Days Ahead

A broad selling action in the cryptocurrency market today saw ICO coins losing 15 to 20 percent of their value. And the sentiment is likely to extend thanks to the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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SEC Charges EtherDelta Token Trading Founder for Operating Unregistered Exchange Illegally

SEC Charges EtherDelta Founder For Illegally Operating Unregistered Exchange The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently announced that it would charge Zachary Coburn, the founder of EtherDelta, for illegally operating an unregistered exchange within the U.

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SEC Postpones Five Bitcoin ETF Proposal Decisions Until September

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stated that they require more time to consider five Bitcoin ETF proposals. All the proposals in question were submitted by Direxion Investments.

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Asset Manager’s Bitcoin Etfs Decision to be Handed Down by Sec in September

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed making a decision on whether to approve five bitcoin-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs) until September, public documents reveal on Tuesday.

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VanEck Insists Proposed Bitcoin ETF is “Consistent” with SEC Regulations, August 10 Date Still Key

Investment Management Firm VanEck Insists Proposed Bitcoin ETF is “Consistent” with SEC Regulations, May Be Approved Before September Investment management firm VanEck is trying to launch a bitcoin ETF – they’re just waiting for approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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SEC and CFTC May Approve Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs This Fall

Citing two unnamed sources within the SEC and CFTC, ZeroHedge reported on July 24, 2018, that bitcoin and ether ETFs are likely to be approved this fall. This is one of the final steps before these Exchange Traded Funds are listed on the NYSE exchange.

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VanEck Letter To SEC Details ‘Appropriate’ Answers To Bitcoin ETF Worries

Investment management firm VanEck has lobbied the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a fresh attempt to interest the regulator in authorizing a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). VanEck: Proposed ETF ‘Consistent’ With Law In a letter dated July 20, VanEck, which earlier this month announced it planned to collaborate with fellow operator SolidX to launch a fund, reiterated its belief that the industry was both ready and able to support it.

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Direxion’s Bitcoin ETF Approval Decision Postponed by SEC Until Sept 21, 2018

Decision Postponed by the SEC TO Decide on the Fate of Five ETFs In the most recent publication of the Federal Register, it seems that the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) needs a little more time on a decision regarding five bitcoin-related ETFs.

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Bitfunder Fraud Civil Lawsuit Case Proceedings Accelerate

As reported on FinanceFeeds, the criminal case filed against defendants Bitfunder and Jon E. Montroll, accused of operating an unregistered securities exchange and defrauding its users, has led to a plea agreement.

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SEC Bitcoin ETF Request

More than 97% of people commenting on the SEC website have shown sincere interest in Bitcoin ETF. Last month on June 20, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) filed for a Bitcoin-based exchange-traded-fund (ETF) with the U.

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Bitcoin [BTC] based ETF application could be the first SEC approved file

On 27th June, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] opened up the second round of opinions to assuage public opinion regarding the Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund [ETF] filed by CBOE [Chicago Board of Exchange] global markets.

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Bitcoin ETF Comments Submitted to SEC Overwhelmingly Positive

On June 26th, 2018, the Cboe submitted a Bitcoin ETF proposal to the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In order to better understand the public sentiment, the SEC publically shared the submitted document with an invitation to comment.

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Bitcoin ETF Decision Gets an Overwhelming Amount of Public Opinion

A great deal of cryptocurrency proponents are hoping for a positive outcome when the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) decides on whether or not they will approve the latest bitcoin-based ETF application file by Cboe.

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XRP Is Digital Fiat, Not Real Cryptocurrency

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) soon have to make a vital decision on whether digital tokens should be classed as securities. Owners of virtual investment firms are laying into one of the leading cryptocurrencies in the market, XRP – saying it is really just a digital fiat.

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BitFunder Founder Seeks Plea Agreement from SEC for Crypto Fraud

FinanceFeeds’ revealed, on July 20, that the founder of the shutdown bitcoin stock exchange, BitFunder, Jon Montroll is trying to work on a “plea agreement” with the U. S Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), for both his and BitFunder’s multiple fraud and scam activities.

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Operator of BitFunder claims to be “Close to” a Plea Bargain in SEC Fraud Case

The operator of defunct bitcoin investment platform BitFunder, Jon Montroll, is reportedly seeking a plea bargain over fraud and other charges laid against him by the U. S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Coinbase: Never Needed SEC Approval to List Security Tokens

San Francisco-based Coinbase backpedaled on its Security and Exchange Commision (SEC) approval announcement after previously exciting a furor in cryptocurrency circles for claiming the contrary. Coinbase Backpedals Statements On July 17, 2018, CryptoSlate reported that cryptocurrency exchange behemoth Coinbase received approvals from the SEC and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to acquire Keystone Capital Corp.

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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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Coinbase Exchange Retracts SEC Approval Announcement, Claims It Never Needed Approval for Acquisitions

In an update to Monday’s story in which leading U.S. exchange, Coinbase Inc., claimed to have received SEC and FINRA approval to go forward with three acquisitions that would effectively allow the exchange to act as a broker dealer for digital coins deemed securities, the San Francisco-based company is now claiming that it received no… The post Coinbase Exchange Retracts SEC Approval Announcement, Claims It Never Needed Approval for Acquisitions appeared first on UNHASHED.

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SEC Approval Not Needed Says Coinbase, XRP & XLM Still Unlikely To Be Added

Leading cryptocurrency exchange desk Coinbase has recently closed off a trio of acquisitions that allowed the business to trade security tokens after they announced that they were been granted the ‘stamp of approval’ from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Kodak-Branded Crypto-Mining Scheme Failed Before It Even Started

It’s now official. The Kodak-branded cryptocurrency mining computer — dubbed the KashMiner — is going the way of the iconic Kodak camera as it is about to go extinct even before it started rolling out.

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“SEC approval is not required”, says Coinbase spokeswoman

Coinbase, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchange platforms across the globe has released a statement which states that they did not get an approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] for the acquisitions.

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Coinbase says it never needed SEC approval to list security tokens

Earlier this week, leading cryptocurrency exchange desk Coinbase announced it had gotten a stamp of approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to close a trio of acquisitions that could allow the company to trade security tokens.

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Coinbase Never Received Approval to Trade Securities from SEC

The largest U. S. cryptocurrency exchange had to walk back its claims: the company did not get official approval from the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the acquisition of three companies.

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SEC Stops Kodak-Branded “KashMiner” Bitcoin Mining Scheme

The U. S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has put a stop to a Kodak-branded cryptocurrency mining scheme including a Kodak KashMiner device, the company confirmed on July 16, 2018. The KashMiner “Scam” Spotlite USA, the company behind the product, first put the bitcoin mining computer named Kodak KashMiner on display at the Kodak booth at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

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Coinbase Now Denies SEC Approval of Its Trio of Acquisitions

Just one day after claiming that the exchange would acquire three financial entities and become a broker-dealer for coins deemed as securities, Coinbase has taken a U-turn from its previous statements.

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Crypto exchange and wallet coinbase has retracted its previous statement .

Crypto exchange and wallet Coinbase has retracted its previous statement that it received approval from the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to trade in securities, Bloomberg reports July 18.

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SEC Approval Not Granted for Coinbase

Coinbase, the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, walked back its claims from earlier this week that it got approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list cryptocurrencies deemed as securities.

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