No Rule Against Bitcoin, ETH or XRP Insider Trading at SEC Leaked Email Reveals

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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 Suspends Trading in Company Over False Cryptocurrency-Related Claims

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended trading in a firm for making several false cryptocurrency-related claims. Among them are the firm’s partnership with an SEC qualified custodian, regulated cryptocurrency transactions, and tokens that are fully registered with the commission.

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U.S. SEC Investigates Nevada-based Company Over False Regulatory Claims

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a suspension of trading in the Securities of Nevada-based American Retail Group, also known as Simex Inc. According to a press release published October 22, 2018, the company falsely claimed that they partnered with an SEC-qualified custodian and had registered their token offering in accordance to SEC requirements and regulations.

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Crypto Regulatory Claims Push SEC to Suspend Trading in Public Firm

American Retail Group has announced a partnership with an SEC-regulated custodian for crypto transactions as well as an SEC-registered ICO.

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SEC Suspends Securities Trading for Nevada-Based ICO

A press release from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the suspension of securities trading for a Nevada-based firm, which had made false claims of being “under SEC Regulations.

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SEC Suspends Trading of Company Making Fake Claims Relating to Cryptos

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended trading of a company who, it has emerged, has made untrue claims about its cryptocurrency usage. American Retail Group, Inc. had falsely stated that it was working with a digital asset custodian provider that had received the regulators’ blessing and that its ICO had also been.

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American Retail Group ICO Ordered to Suspend Trading After Fake SEC Registration Claims

American Retail Group Ordered to Suspend Trading After Claiming to Be Registered with SEC In a press release on October 22nd, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that the American Retail Group would not be able to continue their trading services for an undisclosed amount of time. The company recently held an initial coin offering […]

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Public Company's Crypto Claims Draw SEC Scrutiny, Trade Suspension

The SEC has suspended trading in a company claiming to have registered an upcoming ICO with the regulator.

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Bitcoin Magazine Week in Review: Stablecoins Take the Spotlight

With the exception of the SEC’s FinHub announcement, it has been a quiet week for regulatory news — something we’ve been getting a lot of recently as U. S. officials clamp down on unscrupulous coin offerings and crypto companies.

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SEC Sets Up Open Line of Communication for Fintech Projects With FinHub

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a new office to engage with cryptocurrency and blockchain startups. Called the Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub), the division will make it easier for fintech startups to interact with the regulator on related issues and the legal implications of products before they launch them.

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За полгода работы трейдинговая фирма Genesis Global выдала криптовалютные займы на полмиллиарда долларов

Базирующийся в Нью-Йорке внебиржевой криптовалютный дилер Genesis Global Trading сообщил, что всего за полгода работы выдал своим институциональным клиентам займы в криптовалютах на сумму более полумиллиарда долларов США.

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Class Action Suits Launched Against Cryptocurrency Mining Investment Company

The law offices of Pomerantz LLP in New York have filed a series of civil suits against MGT Capital Investment and its executive officers on behalf of several of the trading firm’s past or present customers.

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SEC Warns About False Regulatory Agency Endorsements Promoting Crypto Asset Investments

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released an alert warning investors about false claims about the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) promoting investments in digital assets.

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Bitcoin ETF Mover Is A Crucial Advantage

The digital currency ETF is a big part of the debate in a recent Bloomberg interview which had JP Morgan’s Asset Management Head of International ETFs, Bryson Lake on the panel. The interview looked at how JP Morgan believes in the latest mover advantage in terms of the digital currency market and ETFs.

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SEC Obtains Emergency Court Order to Halt Questionable ICO

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained an emergency court order issuing the stoppage of a recently planned initial coin offering (ICO) by Blockvest LLC and its founder Reginald Buddy Ringgold III, who falsely advertised that the token sale was approved by the SEC.

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Market Analyst: Bitcoin Needs SEC Blessing to Continue Rally

As Bitcoin’s price continues to trade sideways amidst a bout of low trading volume, investors are becoming increasingly keen to know which direction Bitcoin will move next. This will likely signal the continuance or reversal of the persisting bear market trend.

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With the CBAC, East Meets West in Search of Adoption and Innovation

The noise that surrounds economic relations between the United States and China is amping up exponentially. You can thank the latest trade wars for that, as fresh tensions boil over between the two nations who are currently trading new tariffs on imports, with no shortage of ill will underpinning the moves.

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Op Ed: Why Is There So Much Talk About a Bitcoin ETF?

An exchange-traded bitcoin fund (ETF) would signal greater acceptance of bitcoin as a mainstreet investment, while also making it much easier for both institutional and retail investors to get involved.

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In Search of Stability: An Overview of the Budding Stablecoin Ecosystem

Stability. The word seems to be at complete odds with the current nature of the crypto market. With its flagship coin having “died” on hundreds of occasions, volatility and meteoric price swings have come to define cryptocurrencies, as price stability, ever-elusive, is in short supply.

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CFTC Chairman Believes Bitcoin Is ‘Here To Stay’

Although crypto regulation has been discussed widely for years now, it is still of the biggest issues in the industry to date and has multiple unsolved problems. There isn’t a final decision on how these types of assets should be managed and controlled due to members of such influential governmental bodies such as the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) and the CFTC (Commodities Futures Trading Commission) haven’t been able to reach a single opinion on the matter.

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Analyst: Bitcoin Trading Has “Almost Become Boring”

Following the cryptocurrency market fever of late 2017, volatility in Bitcoin has dropped to a point that it has almost become boring, according to Element Digital Asset Management, a firm that delivers advisory, trading, treasury, technology, and asset management services for the digital asset capital market.

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BitMEX’s New COO Angelina Kwan Joins the Crypto Space at “An Exciting Time”

Angelina Kwan, former managing director and head of regulatory compliance for Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing, is taking on the position of COO of BitMEX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, at a time when the challenges facing these exchanges are greater than ever.

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CFTC Chair: Cryptocurrencies Have a Future, They Are Here To Stay

One of the most pertinent issues facing the cryptosphere today is regulation, as members of prominent governmental agencies, like the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), have yet to come to a unanimous opinion on how this nascent space should be regulated and managed.

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SEC, CFTC, FBI Take Action Against Bitcoin-Funded Securities Dealer 1Broker

Three U. S. agencies have taken action against international bitcoin-funded securities dealer 1pool Ltd. , aka 1Broker. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says 1Broker violated federal securities laws.

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SEC Charges Forex Broker for Illegal Securities Swaps Involving Bitcoin

In what seems like the first coordinated strike from government agencies, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have taken action against a securities broker for violating federal laws in connection with security-based swaps funded by bitcoin.

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SEC Seizes the Domain of a Small Bitcoin Stocks Broker

The Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) together with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have charged a 26 year old based in Austria, Patrick Brunner, and his company 1broker, with failing.

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Crypto Exchange Seized by SEC, Why Exchanges are Cautious in Adding Tokens

Although members of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC’) have recently stated that it would be in America’s best interest to give the crypto industry much-needed leeway, the two regulatory bodies have just cracked down on one of crypto’s very own.

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Bitcoin Price Watch: Is Another Bull Run in Store?

At press time, bitcoin is trading for over $6,700. That’s roughly $400 more than where it’s stood over the past week, and many are wondering if a year-end bull run is at hand. Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sought further industry help and commentary regarding the bitcoin ETF submitted by joint venture VanEck […] The post Bitcoin Price Watch: Is Another Bull Run in Store? appeared first on NullTX.

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VanEck/SolidX ETFs Delayed Again as SEC Seeks Comment on Fund Proposal

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has once again postponed a decision on the application for a Bitcoin Electronically Traded Fund (ETF) by VanEck and SolidX, in what is the latest update in a protracted regulatory process that has dragged on for several months.

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Crypto Exchange Poloniex Dumps Eight Underperforming Coins

Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex is delisting eight coins: BitcoinDark (BTCD), Bitmark (BTM), Einsteinium, (EMC2), Gridcoin (GRC), NeosCoin (NEOS), PotCoin (POT), VeriCoin (VRC) and BitcoinPlus (XBC).

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Cryptocurrency Exchange OKCoin Expands U.S. Offerings with Five New Coins

Following a successful launch in California only a few months ago, the U. S. branch of cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin is adding five new coins to its listings. Those coins include Ripple (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Stellar lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC) and 0x (ZRX).

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Cryptocurrency Exchanges Fall Short in Safeguarding Funds: Report

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.

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An Alluring New Asset Class For Bitcoin

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).

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Robinhood is Making Millions Selling Users’ Data to Financial Companies

The low-cost Robinhood investing app popular with millennials makes up for the lost profits of commission-free trades by selling users’ data to other financial companies. What’s the Logic of Robbing Peter to Pay Paul? A Second Quarter SEC filing shows that Robinhood Financial (Robinhood) is actually making millions of dollars from selling users’ data to high-frequency trading (HFT) firms.

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How OTC trading is impacting the bitcoin price

Whales are moving billions on the OTC market every day — transactions that influence the price of bitcoin without ever appearing on an exchange’s order book — a scenario which could affect the SEC approval of a Bitcoin ETF going forward 

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Federal Judge Applies Long-Established Securities Law to ICOs

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.

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Robinhood Making Millions From Selling Crypto Customer Data

A recent SEC filing indicates that zero-fee trading app Robinhood is making millions of dollars by selling customer data to high-frequency-trading (HFT) firms. Recent developments are adding to the controversy surrounding the lack of transparency in Robinhood’s business model.

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Two-for-One: SEC Slaps Crypto Hedge Fund, Broker With Registration Failures

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.

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Trading in Bitcoin-Related and Ethereum-Related Securities Suspended by SEC

Two securities listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange were issued suspension notices by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently. Bitcoin Tracker One and Ether Tracker One were suspected to have materials that cause confusion over their inherent nature.

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SEC Commissioner, Bitcoin ETF Supporter Hester Peirce Explains What SEC’s ETN Ban Really Means

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Provides Some Insight Into ENT Ban Yesterday, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made headlines by temporarily banning the trading of two crypto securities, including Bitcoin Tracker One (CXBTF) and Ether Tracker One (CETHF).

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SEC Shuts Down Two Bitcoin and Ether Securities, Calls Out ‘Investor Confusion’

The U. S Securities and Exchange Commission halted two cryptocurrency-backed securities on Sunday following concerns of “market confusion” among participants. ETFs Remain a Gray Zone According to the SEC notice, XBT Provider’s Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded notes (ETNs), Bitcoin Tracker One (CXBTF) and Ether Tracker One (CETHF) will be suspended of trading until Sept.

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SEC Halts US Trading In Both CXBTF & CETHF, Citing Confusion Amongst Market Participants

Over the weekend, the Securities Exchange Commission temporarily halted trading in US venues of two products from Swedish company XBT Provider. The CoinShares associated operation has had ongoing successes from their Bitcoin and Ethereum instruments across Europe since 2015 and recently made moves to court US investors, with share classes of two products quoted in […] The post SEC Halts US Trading In Both CXBTF & CETHF, Citing Confusion Amongst Market Participants appeared first on Coinjournal.

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SEC Halts Trading of XBTProvider’s Bitcoin and Ether ETFs

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended trading in two Bitcoin and Ethereum investment products until September amid confusion over their nature. Bitcoin Tracker One and Ether Tracker One are characterized by broker-dealers as exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which legally mean listed funds that track a basket of assets.

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U.S. SEC Suspends Trading for Two Swedish-Based Crypto ETNs

Two securities, one that tracks bitcoin and another that tracks the cryptocurrency ether, have been temporarily halted by a U. S. regulatory watchdog due to investor confusion.

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SEC Places Temporary Trading Ban On 2 Crypto Investment Products

The two investment products seem to need official classification before trading can commence.

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SEC Halts Trading of Bitcoin and Ether Security Products Due to “Market Confusion”

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has temporarily suspended the trading of two cryptocurrency investment instruments due to “confusion expressed amongst market participants,” reported Reuters on September 9, 2018.

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Stop trading in Bitcoin CXBTF and Ethereum CETHF – SEC

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission SEC has suspended trade in two Bitcoin and Ether investment products – Bitcoin Tracker One (CXBTF) and Ether Tracker One (CETHF). Explaining the reason for the suspension in the notice of suspension released on Sept.

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SEC Temporarily Suspends Trading of BTC and ETH Based Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs)

Investors in the United States who wanted to invest in Bitcoin and Ethereum without buying the digital assets, had the option of buying Exchange Traded Notes (ETN) through XBT Provider AB. The latter company is a Swedish-based subsidiary of the U.

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