Securities

New York Attorney General Alleges Ether Is a Security in KuCoin Lawsuit
New York Attorney General Alleges Ether Is a Security in KuCoin Lawsuit
New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed suit against KuCoin on Thursday, alleging the Seychelles-based crypto exchange is violating securities laws by offering tok...
New York Attorney General Alleges Ether Is a Security in KuCoin Lawsuit

New York State Attorney General Letitia James (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
New York Attorney General Alleges Ether Is a Security in KuCoin Lawsuit
A press release said the lawsuit was part of ongoing "efforts to crack down on unregistered cryptocurrency platforms."
New York State Attorney General Letitia James (Alex Kent/Getty Images)

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Securities Platform DEFYCA to Release Tokenized Private Debt Protocol on Avalanche
DEFYCA’s launch highlights the growing trend of bringing tokenized versions of traditional markets like debt to blockchain-based protocols.
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Gitcoin’s Owocki Says Crypto Can Regenerate the World. Just Don’t Call Him Starry-Eyed
A programmer by training, Kevin Owocki's view of securities law is not based in any formal legal training but crypto optimism, evolutionary science, economics and legal theory...
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No NFTs Are Securities – Yet, German Finance Officials Say
Classification of the ownership tokens as a financial instrument would imply licenses and money laundering supervision, according to regulator Bafin.
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Dapper Labs Ruling Dunks on Private Networks
A landmark ruling is bringing the NBA Top Shots creator back to court, and potentially opening up securities concerns for other NFTs.
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SEC's Gensler Suggests All Crypto Other Than Bitcoin Are Securities
SEC's Gensler Suggests All Crypto Other Than Bitcoin Are Securities
In a recent interview with New York magazine, SEC Chair Gary Gensler suggested that all cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin are securities. The direct quote was: "Everything o...
SEC's Gensler Suggests All Crypto Other Than Bitcoin Are Securities

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Class-Action Lawsuit Accusing Digital Basketball Cards of Being Securities Allowed to Proceed
NBA Top Shot from Dapper Labs is the latest digital asset to face security scrutiny.
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Crypto Industry Body GBBC Digital Finance Joins Securities Regulator Group IOSCO as Affiliate Member
GBBC Digital Finance's goal is to engage regulators to inform how policy will be developed by the world's major regulatory bodies.
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Crypto CEOs Need to Accept That Existing Regulations Also Apply to Them
Coinbase’s CEO thinks the rules that apply to other financial services don’t apply to his multi-billion-dollar financial services company. His ignorance – either intentional o...
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