Ex-Coinbase Manager Settles SEC’s Crypto Insider-Trading Claims

WASHINGTON—A former manager at Coinbase Global has reached a settlement with regulators over a novel cryptocurrency enforcement action without resolving a key question for the Securities and Exchange Commission and the crypto industry: which of the exchange’s digital assets are securities. Ishan Wahi’s deal with the SEC ends insider-trading claims over the agency’s claims that his trading tips involved crypto assets that are actually securities. While Wahi won’t pay any financial penalties

• 2023-05-31
• Ishan Wahi the SEC digital assets Nikhil Wahi insider trading SEC crypto assets criminal case federal securities laws Coinbase

The crypto industry enlisted an unlikely champion in its crusade against the SEC: An ex-Coinbase manager convicted of insider trading

Why top companies like Coinbase and Paradigm are backing the disgraced employee.

• 2023-03-28
• Ishan Wahi Coinbase crypto legislation Gary Gensler SEC cryptocurrency

Coinbase Ex-Manager Convicted of Insider Trading Is Crypto’s Latest Legal Hope

The crypto industry is hoping that a former manager at Coinbase who has pleaded guilty in a criminal case can beat the SEC by challenging the regulator’s view that the tokens he traded were securities.

• 2023-03-26
• Ishan Wahi Coinbase digital assets insider trading SEC Wahi

Coinbase Insider-Trading Case Spearheads Crypto’s Latest Bid to Avoid SEC Oversight

The crypto industry is hoping that a former manager at Coinbase who has pleaded guilty in a criminal case can beat the SEC by challenging the regulator’s view that the tokens he traded were securities.

• 2023-03-26
• Ishan Wahi digital assets Coinbase insider trading SEC Wahi