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SEC’s Gary Gensler plots DeFi’s regulated destruction

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17 April, 2023

SEC’s Gary Gensler plots DeFi’s regulated destruction

Under the proposed expansion of Exchange Act Rule 3b-16, which garnered a 3-2 vote among commissioners, DeFi platforms would be...

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Jordan Atkins

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17 April, 2023

Ethereum developers are fiduciaries too

What distinguishes a ‘core developer’ from anyone interested in the project? The answer is control and authority: core devs have...

Business

Steven Stradbrooke

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12 April, 2023

Coinbase’s head of exchange leaving as SEC pressure mounts

Vishal Gupta said he would pursue an undisclosed new blockchain-based project, stating in a Twitter thread that it was “time...

SEC’s Gary Gensler seeks $2.44 billion funding to combat crypto misconduct

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James Field

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30 March, 2023

SEC’s Gary Gensler seeks $2.44 billion funding to combat crypto misconduct

Appearing before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Gensler presented his agency’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget request of...

NYAG calls Ethereum a security and destroys decentralization myth

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Jordan Atkins

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20 March, 2023

NYAG calls Ethereum a security and destroys decentralization myth

The NYAG filed charges against exchange KuCoin last week over failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer while...

SEC’s new cybersecurity rules might spill over to digital assets

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Steve Kaaru

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17 March, 2023

SEC’s new cybersecurity rules might spill over to digital assets

The securities regulator proposed new regulations for cybersecurity among financial firms that could spill over to digital assets, requiring greater...

Signature Bank in money laundering probe, auction buyer must ditch crypto ops

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Steven Stradbrooke

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16 March, 2023

Signature Bank in money laundering probe, auction buyer must ditch crypto ops

Signature Bank was under federal investigation for suspected money laundering by its crypto clients before the New York financial institution...

BTC is not Bitcoin: Why that matters to the SEC

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Jordan Atkins

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16 March, 2023

BTC is not Bitcoin: Why that matters to the SEC

When Gary Gensler says that Bitcoin is not a security or refers to its unique history, what he is referring...

Business

Gavin Lucas

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13 March, 2023

Ethereum is a security—CFTC is wrong

As per the legal opinion of both the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Attorney...

HEXicans beware—Richard Heart scrambles to delete tweets as SEC closes in

Business

Gavin Lucas

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13 March, 2023

HEXicans beware—Richard Heart scrambles to delete tweets as SEC closes in

The projects, which Richard Heart promised would revolutionize the industry, were crowdfunded by more than $1 billion in funds in...

Binance chats expose sham behind Binance.US ‘independence’

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Steven Stradbrooke

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7 March, 2023

Binance chats expose sham behind Binance.US ‘independence’

Wall Street Journal recently reported on internal communications that poke larger holes in Binance’s repeated assertions that the Binance.US exchange...

Editorial

Guest Contributor

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6 March, 2023

Even BTC is a security

To be classified as a security, the "investment," the "efforts," and the "third party" identified in the Howey test should...

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