2023-6-6 19:39 |
The SEC's lawsuit against Binance could mark a turning point in crypto regulation. With crypto assets like SOL, ADA, MATIC, and ATOM potentially classified as securities, the future of the crypto industry hangs in the balance. origin »
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Europe’s securities watchdog ESMA has warned crypto companies not to falsely promote their MiCA-regulated status to avoid misleading investors. The European Securities and Markets Authority issued a warning to crypto companies on Friday, urging them not to use their regulated…
2025-7-12 15:56 | |
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In a pivotal shift for U.S. crypto policy, the Securities and Exchange Commission clarified on May 29 that most staking activities on proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains do not constitute securities transactions—marking a major departure from the agency’s previously aggressive stance under…
2025-6-1 15:00 | |
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SEC has charged Abra with securities violations related to the crypto platform’s Abra Earn program. The regulator previously charged Genesis and Gemini crypto exchange over securities violations related to Gemini Earn.
2024-8-27 23:36 | |
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The SEC is seeking to amend its complaint against Binance. The amendment would specifically address the definition of "Third Party Crypto Asset Securities" as outlined in a previous filing. The post SEC seeks complaint amendment to redefine crypto asset securities appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2024-7-31 09:12 | |
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The crypto exchange is currently involved in a legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over allegedly offering unregistered securities.
2023-7-19 21:00 | |
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Quick Take This week, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) filed lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase. Among the charges, in both cases, it was alleged particular crypto tokens fall under the classification of “securities.
2023-6-9 13:09 | |
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CRO, the native token of the Cronos blockchain, an open-source, interoperable, and Cosmos-based platform, a centralized crypto asset exchange, is steady despite some community members fearing that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the primary securities regulator in that country, could soon target Crypto.
2023-6-9 01:00 | |
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The SEC has listed 10 new crypto tokens as “crypto asset securities.” The SEC’s crypto securities ambit now covers tokens worth $100 billion. The total number of cryptocurrencies definThe post Binance lawsuit: 10% of crypto market cap now termed 'securities' appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-6-6 12:30 | |
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The five-page, bipartisan Securities Clarity Act by Representatives Tom Emmer and Darren Soto would significantly reduce uncertainty for both crypto investors and issuers, write Bain Capital Crypto’s Tuongvy Le and Khurram Dara.
2023-6-1 19:58 | |
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The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has proposed the first-ever global approach for regulating the crypto asset and digital markets. This game-changing development aims to fortify consumer protection and uphold market integrity across the expansive and evolving crypto landscape.…
2023-5-23 16:26 | |
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The Securities and Futures Commission's guidelines explicitly ban crypto gifts to incentivize retail investments, which likely includes airdrops.
2023-5-24 13:20 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently announced that it has charged Justin Sun, a prominent crypto entrepreneur, and his three companies- Tron Foundation, BitTorrent, and Rainberry Inc, with allegedly conducting an unregistered sale of “crypto assets securities.
2023-3-23 01:44 | |
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Crypto lawyers weighed in on Gary Gensler’s crypto regulation claims, saying that the the Securities and Exchange Commission has no legal standing to police the space.
2023-2-27 06:56 | |
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Crypto.com becomes the first cryptocurrency exchange to commit to offering crypto products in line with the rules of the Ontario Securities Commission. The post Crypto.com Inks Agreement to Operate Under Canada’s Securities Watchdog appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-8-16 01:00 | |
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Market maker Citadel Securities said it would dip its toes into exchange-traded funds holding cryptocurrencies if regulators give the green light. The post Citadel Securities Observing Crypto ETF Space; Will Decide on Crypto ETFs After Regulatory Approval appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-6-8 00:00 | |
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Crypto should seize the opportunity to be heard as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission looks to expand its remit.
2022-4-6 22:11 | |
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The Canadian Securities Administration (CSA), the nation’s financial regulator has released new guidelines to govern crypto market participants in the country. The new guidelines require all bitcoin (BTC) trading venues and crypto exchanges to come under its purview and operate in total compliance with securities law, according to a Finance Magnates report on January 17,Read MoreRead More.
2020-1-18 20:00 | |
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Coinbase, Circle, Genesis and more are developing a ratings system aimed to flag crypto assets that are similar to securities.
2019-9-30 16:05 | |
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is looking to hire a crypto specialist attorney advisor for its Division of Trading and Markets
2019-4-1 14:11 | |
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Hong Kong’s securities watchdog unveiled new rules for cryptocurrency funds and said it may now regulate crypto exchanges. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said in a statement on November 1 that fund managers that invest more than 10% of their portfolio in crypto assets will need to be licensed. Trading platforms that serve only […]
2018-11-2 15:36 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex is delisting eight coins: BitcoinDark (BTCD), Bitmark (BTM), Einsteinium, (EMC2), Gridcoin (GRC), NeosCoin (NEOS), PotCoin (POT), VeriCoin (VRC) and BitcoinPlus (XBC).
2018-9-20 01:10 | |
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Barack Obama, ex-President of the United States of America and the latest victim of crypto crime, of sorts at least. According to The Next Web, the Texas States Securities Board (TSSB) have stepped up to take action against three cryptocurrency companies within Texas that have been found to be acting deceitfully and making false claims, one company have even been found to have fabricated a short video that seems to show Barack Obama endorsing the companies products, though obviously Obama had nothing to do with it.
2018-9-19 21:30 | |
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It was announced today by Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles, that he has undertaken emergency action to stop the fraudulent offerings of investments in three separate schemes involving cryptocurrencies.
2018-9-20 21:30 | |
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The Texas State Securities Board has taken emergency action against three crypto investment schemes it alleges are attempting to hoax local investors.
2018-9-20 18:00 | |
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The Texas State Securities Board issued three emergency cease and desist orders Tuesday, Sept. 18, to shut down a Russian cryptocurrency scam, charge DigitalBank and two principals for threatening immediate and irreparable harm to the public, and charge a forex and Bitcoin trader of guaranteeing false ROIs, respectively.
2018-9-19 13:00 | |
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News wires buzzed this week when the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (Nasdaq) announced its pending purchase of Swedish crypto-friendly stock exchange technology company Cinnober.
2018-9-19 09:40 | |
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Damien Pang, head of the Technology Infrastructure Office at Singapore's central bank talks about the authority's insight on DTL and digital tokens.
2018-9-19 06:06 | |
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In April 2018, former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent off inquiries to more than a dozen cryptocurrencyexchanges to learn more about their internal operations.
2018-9-19 02:06 | |
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Ripple has found itself in the center of huge controversy, the cryptocurrency regulation debate in the US hit Ripple, with claims that XRP is a security. While the company has consistently argued against it, there seems no denying that the standard Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s definition when used in the crypto market, will hurt […] Ripple Introduces XRP Ledger (rippled) Version 1.
2018-9-18 08:49 | |
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Bitcoin means an ambitious categorisation effort by regular financial companies resulting in some viewing this alluring new asset class as much as a hybrid of a currency as it is an investment. Bitcoin has been declared as a commodity by the Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC).
2018-9-17 00:30 | |
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Industry buzz surrounded Ethereum this week as community members await the next stage of the coin’s development. The protocol also served as the jumping-off point for a new fully regulated stablecoin.
2018-9-16 18:41 | |
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Home is where the heart is…. and in some cases, that’s a security token on a blockchain. Polymath has teamed up with an investment fund to tokenize real properties, adding to the growing number of asset classes represented by on-blockchain securities.
2018-9-16 19:18 | |
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Lack of regulation has been a major problem for the cryptocurrency sector and government agencies trying to get a hold of this market. Now a new ruling from a US federal judge brings initial coin offerings (ICOs), the wildest space in the crypto markets, under the US securities law.
2018-9-14 20:24 | |
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A Canadian regulated bitcoin trust has achieved the mutual fund trust status, allowing eligible investors to invest in the trust through government-sponsored tax-efficient investment plans. The investment is approved by the Ontario Securities Commission and the British Columbia Securities Commission.
2018-9-13 11:10 | |
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The U. S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has taken its first disciplinary action involving cryptocurrencies. The authority charges a broker with fraudulent and unlawful distribution of unregistered crypto securities.
2018-9-13 08:10 | |
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On Tuesday, U. S. District Judge Raymond Dearie in Brooklyn, New York said that U. S. federal securities laws may cover initial coin offerings (ICOs), per Bloomberg report. This week’s ruling enhances the regulatory framework that governs cryptocurrencies by leveraging existing rules that already regulate the U.
2018-9-12 23:00 | |
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Does a decades-old securities law apply to an initial coin offering (ICO)? In a case that represents the first time securities laws have been applied to cryptocurrencies, a district judge says it may.
2018-9-12 22:09 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally issued a cease and desist order to a cryptocurrency hedge fund for violating securities laws. Under the Gun The SEC has filed a cease and desist order as well as a $200,000 fine to Crypto Asset Management LP (CAM) and to its founder Timothy Enneking, CNBC reports.
2018-9-12 22:00 | |
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The SEC (U. S Securities and Exchange Commission) revealed on Tuesday that is has taken action against two digital currency companies. Both mark the first ever action of their kind by the SEC. One of the firms is against a ‘superstore’ for ICOs and the other is against a firm which claims to bring the first regulated crypto asset fund to the United States.
2018-9-12 12:30 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Tuesday that it has taken action against two cryptocurrency firms. Both mark the “first-ever” action of their kind by the Commission.
2018-9-12 10:35 | |
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Earlier today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed that it went after two cryptocurrency establishments for alleged false marketing, according to two press releases via the Commission.
2018-9-12 05:57 | |
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The following opinion piece on token-as-securities was written by Benjamin Pirus, a crypto trader who has written many articles for different ICOs, crypto news outlets, and clients. 2017 was a special year in many ways.
2018-9-12 02:35 | |
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In what it deems a first for both enforcement actions, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is charging two entities with registration failures.
2018-9-12 23:36 | |
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Colorado Securities Commissioner Gerald Rome has continued the state’s fight against fraudulent ICOs, issuing three separate orders to suspicious ICO companies as part of the state’s crypto regulation drive.
2018-9-12 23:00 | |
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A year-old legal battle between two of the crypto industry’s leading organizations is coming to a close. After a volley of countersuits that had the companies jumping from courthouse to courthouse, Ripple and R3 have brokered a settlement that will put the drama to rest.
2018-9-12 21:26 | |
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a non-profit watchdog for public brokerage firms in the U. S. , has had its first run-in with the cryptocurrency industry.
2018-9-12 21:15 | |
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A court in the USA has today ruled that tokens sold during ICOs count as securities under federal law, according to Bloomberg, which stated in an article that “Federal prosecutors won a key legal victory when a judge ruled that U.
2018-9-12 21:09 | |
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Despite increasing state regulations surrounding the year-long cryptocurrency ban in China, investors are still finding ways to get involved with the market. On August 23rd, the Shanghai Securities Times reported that Chinese authorities are increasing their regulation by preventing investors’ access to 124 non-native exchanges.
2018-9-11 17:48 | |
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has filed a securities fraud complaint against a cryptocurrency broker.
2018-9-11 17:44 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) is undergoing one of the most challenging periods of the year, with prices retracting nearly 30% from its all-time high of $126,000 reached last month. This decline has raised concerns about a potential bear market, fueling fears within the cryptocurrency community and among BTC investors.
Earlier on Friday, Bitcoin (BTC), the leading cryptocurrency in the market, retraced further toward the $94,500 mark, intensifying concerns about a potential bear market for the broader digital asset industry.
The question dominating crypto desks this week is whether the cycle is intact, and when the bull run will return. Two widely followed macro commentators sketched the same causal chain from public-sector cash management to crypto asset beta, arguing that the current drawdown is a liquidity story first and a sentiment story second—and that its reversal hinges on the mechanics of the US Treasury General Account (TGA), Federal Reserve balance-sheet policy, and the timing of Washington’s reopening.
On November 2, 2025, crypto analyst Ignas | DeFi distilled crypto’s current standoff into a clean ledger of pros and cons. The Bearish Case For Crypto The first bear pillar is the “AI bubble” overhang.