GOP Lawmakers Suggest Gensler's SEC Is Gaming News Cycle to Thwart Crypto Legislation

Recent actions by the regulator seem to have been timed to coincide with Congressional grandstanding, Reps. French Hill and Dusty Johnson wrote.

• 2023-07-19
• Dusty Johnson enforcement actions U.S. House of Representatives Gary Gensler SEC House committees French Hill the SEC crypto regulation

Crypto Market Regulatory Uncertainty Overshadows Blockchain Development: Bank of America

The bank said it expects blockchain infrastructure and tokenization to transform financial and non-financing infrastructure and markets over the next five to 10 years.

• 2023-06-19
• Bank of America digital assets enforcement actions Alkesh Shah regulatory uncertainty Andrew Moss Nasdaq stock

Crypto Industry Destined to Be Bitcoin Focused After SEC Actions: MicroStrategy Founder Michael Saylor

Bitcoin maximalist Michael Saylor has said recent enforcement actions by U.S. regulators have made it clear that the crypto industry is destined to be rationalised down to a bitcoin (BTC)-focused industry.

• 2023-06-14
• Michael Saylor MicroStrategy enforcement actions Gary Gensler Executive Chairman

Analysis-US SEC Coinbase, Binance crackdown puts crypto exchanges on notice

Other U.S. crypto exchanges are likely to be in the firing line after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week sued Coinbase and Binance, two of the world's largest crypto exchanges, for allegedly breaching its rules. The SEC on Tuesday alleged Coinbase traded at least 13 crypto assets that are securities that should have been registered, while on Monday it also accused Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, of offering 12 cryptocurrency coins without registering th

• 2023-06-08
• Coinbase Gary Gensler SEC crypto enforcement actions Binance largest crypto exchanges

Crypto exchange Coinbase sues SEC over rulemaking petition

Coinbase has filed a petition to compel the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to respond to a months-old petition that asks whether the securities regulator would allow the industry to be regulated using existing SEC frameworks, the exchange firm said on Monday, escalating its tensions with the regulator that has ramped up enforcement actions and warnings against crypto firms, including the American giant. In the July 2022 petition, Coinbase asked whether the SEC would "propose and adopt

• 2023-04-25
• Coinbase enforcement actions the SEC SEC securities regulator petition U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Lack of Crypto Compliance Is SEC's Fault, Say Republican Lawmakers

The letter accuses the agency boss of cramming the digital assets industry into an improper regulatory framework.

• 2023-04-18
• Gary Gensler digital assets SEC enforcement actions Republican lawmakers the SEC

First Mover Asia: Will CFTC's Action Against Binance Benefit Crypto’s Asia Narrative?

Bitcoin is flat, but ether is up, on potentially favorable comments by the CFTC before Congress.

• 2023-03-29
• CFTC SEC enforcement actions Tom Emmer Asia

Coinbase Gets SEC Notice Signaling Intent to Sue Over Crypto Offerings

(Bloomberg) -- Coinbase Global Inc. said it received a notice from the SEC formally declaring the securities regulator’s plans to bring an enforcement action against the largest US crypto exchange, the latest development in a long-running dispute between the watchdog and the digital-asset company. Most Read from BloombergBomb Threat Called In to New York Court Where Trump Hearing HeldFed Caught Between Inflation and Bank CrisisA New Chapter of Capitalism Emerges From the Banking CrisisFinally, a

• 2023-03-23
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US SEC Plans to Keep Growing Crypto Unit as Enforcement Ramps Up

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may ramp up its recent surge of cases targeting crypto firms by once again boosting the size of its digital assets enforcement squad.

• 2023-03-02
• Gary Gensler digital assets Crypto Assets enforcement actions SEC

U.S. Congress, not the SEC, will set cryptocurrency regulations, says Blockchain Association

The Blockchain Association Chief Policy Officer Jake Chervinsky said the U.S. Congress will ultimately set the laws in the country to govern the cryptocurrency industry and not the Securities and Exchange Commission

• 2023-02-15
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission Jake Chervinsky enforcement actions Blockchain Association U.S. Congress SEC