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SEC formally dismisses enforcement action against Kraken, Consensys and Cumberland DRW

SEC formally dismisses enforcement action against Kraken, Consensys and Cumberland DRW

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officially dropped its cases against Kraken, Consensys and Cumberland DRW in respective announcements late Thursday.The agency said it had filed joint stipulations with the firms on March 27 to dismiss its ongoing civil enforcement actions against them wit…

 SEC plans 4 more crypto roundtables on trading, custody, tokenization, DeFi

SEC plans 4 more crypto roundtables on trading, custody, tokenization, DeFi

The US Securities and Exchange Commission will host four more crypto roundtables — focusing on crypto trading, custody, tokenization and decentralized finance (DeFi) — after hosting its first crypto roundtable on March 21.The series of roundtables, organized by the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, will kick…

Bitcoin Buying Race? US Wants More, Says Trump’s Digital Assets Chief

Bitcoin Buying Race? US Wants More, Says Trump’s Digital Assets Chief

Can we expect a massive accumulation of Bitcoin during the presidency of US President Donald Trump? If we base it on the recent statements of Bo Hines, Trump’s pick to head its Digital Assets section, the industry will soon see an aggressive investment strategy from the US government. Hines shared t…

Bitnomial drops SEC lawsuit ahead of XRP futures launch in the US

Bitnomial drops SEC lawsuit ahead of XRP futures launch in the US

Crypto exchange Bitnomial has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against the US Securities and Exchange Commission ahead of launching its Ripple XRP futures in the United States.The Chicago-based firm said in a March 19 statement to X that its XRP futures are regulated by the US Commodity Futures Tr…

SEC looking to abandon effort requiring crypto firms to register as exchanges

SEC looking to abandon effort requiring crypto firms to register as exchanges

A proposed rule change pushing for some crypto firms to register as exchanges could be abandoned under a new directive from the acting chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. During a March 10 speech at the Washington Conference of the Institute of International Bankers, acting SEC Ch…

DePIN needs thoughtful regulation — not lawsuits

DePIN needs thoughtful regulation — not lawsuits

Opinion by: Kai Wawrzinek, co-founder of Impossible Cloud NetworkIt seemed like the punitive US Securities Exchange Commission crypto enforcement era was over, but former Chair Gary Gensler left us some truffles to unearth. Even after his departure, Gensler’s “regulation by enforcement” approach con…

Tucker Interviews FTX’s SBF in Prison, Discusses “Dystopian” Life Behind Bars

Tucker Interviews FTX’s SBF in Prison, Discusses “Dystopian” Life Behind Bars

In his recent prison interview with Tucker Carlson, Sam Bankman Fried maintained his innocence and expressed confusion as to why he was convicted of fraud. He argued that FTX was a legitimate service, and although there was a crisis, the company was still solvent. Bankman spoke candidly about his pr…

Meme Coin Statement Is a Sign of Changing Crypto Priorities at SEC — Barrons.com

Meme Coin Statement Is a Sign of Changing Crypto Priorities at SEC — Barrons.com

By Kenneth CorbinWith the election of President Donald Trump, it was widely assumed that his second administration would take a more supportive stance toward cryptocurrency than the Biden White House did. Now just over a month in, the industry is starting to see what a crypto-friendly administration…

SEC agrees to drop Consensys lawsuit

SEC agrees to drop Consensys lawsuit

Update (Feb. 27 at 18:57 UTC): This article has been updated to incorporate remarks from Consensys attorney Bill Hughes. The US Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed in principle to drop its lawsuit against crypto firm Consensys. The suit claimed that aspects of MetaMask violated securities …

SEC Plans to Drop Enforcement Suit Against ConsenSys’ MetaMask, CEO Joe Lubin Says

SEC Plans to Drop Enforcement Suit Against ConsenSys’ MetaMask, CEO Joe Lubin Says

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is dropping yet another case against an American crypto company, as the regulator continues its strategic retreat from the so-called “regulation by enforcement” approach to crypto regulation it took under the leadership of former Chairman Gary Gensle…

SEC’s expected move to dismiss Coinbase case signals agency ‘ending the attack on the crypto industry’

SEC’s expected move to dismiss Coinbase case signals agency ‘ending the attack on the crypto industry’

The makeover of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be well underway following news that the agency plans to dismiss its years-long case against Coinbase. The crypto exchange announced on Friday that the SEC would be dropping that case, and some say that the agency is working to u…

SEC pulls own appeal in case over crypto broker-dealer rules

SEC pulls own appeal in case over crypto broker-dealer rules

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its effort to undo a court ruling blocking a controversial broker-dealer rule that would have given the agency jurisdiction over decentralized crypto protocols.In a brief Feb. 19 filing to the Fifth Circut Appeals Court, the SEC said it moved “to…