Mango Markets to Resume Crypto Trading, SEC Be Damned
Developers behind the Solana-based crypto exchange aren't letting a little scrutiny from federal regulators stop Mango Markets.
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Jan 26, 2023 at 9:04 p.m. UTC
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Chalk and Cheese: When Crypto Assets Meet the Securities Laws
Crypto assets cannot function as they're designed to – while being securities, Lewis Cohen, co-founder of DLx Law, writes.
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Jan 26, 2023 at 2:22 p.m. UTC
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NFTs Are Securities and It’s Great
Artist and lawyer Brian Frye writes about why non-fungible tokens represent investment contracts in social clout.
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Dec 28, 2022 at 2:48 p.m. UTC
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A Legal Argument for Why Staking Doesn’t Make ETH a Security
Staking ether fails to meet at least two prongs of the Howey test, according to the authors.
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Oct 9, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
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SEC Wants to ‘Remake the Law,’ Rather Than ‘Apply it,’ Says Ripple General Counsel
After two years of litigation, Stuart Alderoty, general counsel at Ripple, told CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” he sees “the beginning of the end” because the SEC’s case has fallen short.
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Sep 21, 2022 at 9:57 p.m. UTC
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Thai SEC Fines Bitkub Executive $235K for Insider Trading
Last week, the country’s oldest commercial bank backed out of a deal to buy a majority stake of the local crypto exchange, citing unresolved regulatory issues.
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Aug 30, 2022 at 12:43 p.m. UTC
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Grayscale, Disclosing SEC Queries, Says Cryptos XLM, ZEC, ZEN May Be Securities
The three tokens “may currently be a security, based on the facts as they exist today,” Grayscale said in recent, little-noticed filings.
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Aug 27, 2022 at 9:14 p.m. UTC
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BitBoy Lost His Lawsuit the Instant He Filed It
The YouTube cryptocurrency promoter is only drawing more attention to the pump and dump-filled oeuvre he'd rather suppress.
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Aug 24, 2022 at 4:55 p.m. UTC
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Meme Coins, Gambling and Crypto Regulation
As the Biden administration develops a crypto regulation framework, one type of token could be due for particularly close scrutiny.
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Apr 8, 2022 at 5:29 p.m. UTC
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SEC Enforcement Against Wonderland Could Mean Trouble for DeFi
“Protocol Controlled Value” is rarely controlled by a protocol, and enforcement agencies may be taking a closer look.
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Feb 14, 2022 at 8:04 p.m. UTC
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