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SEC chair Paul Atkins says “Project Crypto” means the SEC and CFTC are ready to implement the CLARITY Act as soon as Congress passes comprehensive market‑structure reforms. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Paul Atkins has signaled that the…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has recently said that several past enforcement actions against crypto firms failed to deliver investor benefits and misinterpreted securities laws. In a statement outlining its 2025 enforcement results, the SEC said that since fiscal…
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Progress on a potential crypto safe harbor framework is now entering a key regulatory phase as it is up for White review. US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said the agency’s proposed “Regulation Crypto Assets” package has been…
Opinion
Eight years ago, on April 29, 2018, quoting a crypto industry founder, Dr. Emin Gun Sirer, I wrote about Ethereum’s (ETH) decentralized nature, which qualified ETH as a commodity for US law purposes. The regulatory uncertainty, regarding whether ETH [and…
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Regulatory pressure on the SEC has intensified after its decision to resolve the Justin Sun case came shortly before the departure of its enforcement chief, Margaret Ryan, prompting fresh questions from lawmakers. In a letter to SEC Chair Paul Atkins,…
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Report says former SEC enforcement chief clashed with agency leaders over Justin Sun and Elon Musk cases before resigning.
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Nasdaq has received approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to proceed with its tokenized equities pilot. According to the SEC’s approval filing, Nasdaq can now move ahead with “eligible participants” choosing to trade securities in either traditional or…
Markets
The crypto market remained unfazed on Wednesday shortly after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission clarified that most of the cryptocurrencies in the market would not be considered a security under federal law. Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest crypto asset,…
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US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins has proposed a “safe harbor” framework aimed at easing regulatory pressure on crypto firms while keeping them within the federal oversight structure. Speaking at the DC Blockchain Summit in Washington, Atkins said,…
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The DeFi Education Fund, a prominent lobbying group, and Beba, a Texas-based apparel company, have dropped a lawsuit against the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The lawsuit was filed back in 2024 as a pre-enforcement challenge, where the plaintiffs argued…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has put forward a proposal which, according to SEC commissioner Hester Peirce, could help clear up years of confusion around how a key broker-dealer rule applies across markets. On Monday, the SEC proposed an…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped a multi-year case against Nader Al‑Naji, who had been accused of misleading investors and violating federal securities laws tied to the launch of the BitClout platform. A joint stipulation of dismissal filed…
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Ghana has selected 11 crypto trading platforms to participate in a regulatory sandbox where they will “pilot their products and services in a controlled environment under the regulatory oversight” of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Starting March 10, Africoin, Blu…
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Justin has secured a $10 million settlement in a multi-year lawsuit filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that accused the crypto entrepreneur of alleged fraud and securities violations. A letter from the SEC made public on Feb.…
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Chainlink’s deputy general counsel, Taylor Lindman, has joined the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force to replace Michael Selig. Chainlink announced Lindman’s departure in a Feb. 23 X post, thanking him for his five years at the company, most…
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Bitwise Asset Management has filed with regulators to launch a new line of exchange-traded funds tied to political prediction markets, marking its latest push into alternative investment products. The filing was disclosed by Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart, who shared…
