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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is scrutinizing the cryptocurrency companies Celsius Network, Gemini Trust and Voyager Digital about their practice of paying interest on crypto token deposits, Bloomberg.com reported on Thursday. Fast facts The SEC has begun an enforcement review focused on whether these tokens are unregistered securities, the report states, citing unnamed sources […]
Jeanhee Kim
Regulation
San Francisco-based Ripple Labs announced Tuesday that on the heels of a strong year it bought back the shares it sold in a 2019 fundraise and is now valued at US$15 billion. Fast facts The blockchain payments platform developer is in the middle of a 13-months-long lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission […]
Jeanhee Kim
Regulation
A federal judge on Monday has given the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) until Feb. 17 to fight her earlier order to turn over to the defendant Ripple Labs certain sensitive government documents in the agency’s lawsuit alleging the XRP token is an unregistered security. Fast facts Ripple and XRP investors initially believed they […]
Jeanhee Kim
Regulation
Attorneys for Ripple Labs Inc. filed a response with a federal judge Monday asserting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is misapplying a recent ruling in another case in an attempt to deprive Ripple of an affirmative defense in the ongoing lawsuit, SEC v. Ripple Labs Inc. Fast facts In Monday’s letter, Ripple argued the […]
Jeanhee Kim
Regulation
Global shifts are underway in crypto regulations, writes Huong Hauduc of Bequant. How might the political and market forces play out next year?
Huong Hauduc
Regulation
Federal regulators have turned their sights on stablecoins. But is the attempt to tame this digital currency too late?
Forkast.News
Regulation
Chief business officer of the first SEC-registered digital security says crypto companies got caught with their hands in the cookie jar.
Jeanhee Kim
Crypto Trading and Strategies
Investment banks' hunger for a new revenue stream is likely to drive up the popularity and registration of crypto derivatives products.
Forkast.News
Bitcoin News
One of the world's largest asset managers sought SEC approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF in March and is still awaiting a response.
Jeanhee Kim
Regulation
The SEC's second rejection of a spot Bitcoin ETF again cited concerns about fraud and manipulation.
Jocelyn Yang
