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SEC Out for Blood: Kraken to Shut Down US Crypto-Staking Service
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler is once again in the news, this time for charging Kraken with failing to register the offer and sale of their crypto asset staking-as-a-service program. This...
SEC Announces 2023 Examination Priorities; Crypto is at Top of List
In its latest outing, the US SEC announced its 2023 examination priorities; the objective for which, the government body states, is to provide insights into its risk-based approach. This approach...
John E Deaton To File Amicus Brief In Zakinov Vs Ripple Case
Crypto Law founder and Deaton Law Firm Managing Partner John E Deaton tweeted that he will be defending secondary market transactions of a token against the US SEC. He added:...
Defunct Crypto DEX Etherdelta Still Holds $42M in Customer Assets
Conor Grogan, a director at Coinbase, one of the leading crypto exchanges, updated the crypto community about a decentralized exchange (DEX) that phased out of the market with many people’s...
“Fight The SEC’s Overreach,” Tweets Crypto Attorney Deaton
John E. Deaton, the founder of CryptoLaw, argues that the mere fact that a cryptocurrency was offered or sold as an investment contract does not make it a security. John...
Financial Services GOP Points Out: SEC Not Reauthorized Since 2015
Republicans on the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, known as the Financial Services GOP, pointed out that the Securities and Exchange Commission has not been reauthorized since 2015. According...
SEC Reads Out LBRY Tweet; Judge Barbadoro Laughs Out Loud
Earlier today, John Deaton, the reputed crypto attorney who has been vocal in his contempt of the SEC, has revealed details of interactions from within the court. Deaton claims that...
‘Professional Crypto Traders Have Never Heard Of LBC’: John Deaton
Crypto Law founder John E. Deaton retweeted LBRY’s tweet addressing its victory yesterday. “We haven’t won yet,” said the LBRY, who claimed that it doesn’t matter if the judge says...
Policy Experts Warn SEC Could Possibly Get More Ferocious
Sheila Warren, the CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, and Miller Whitehouse-Levine, Policy Director at the DeFi Education Fund, believe that there will be landscape changes in the aftermath...
John Deaton Tweets Judge Torres May Deny Judgment In Ripple Case
Crypto Law founder and Deaton Law Firm managing partner John E Deaton posted a thread of tweets discussing The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s “schizophrenic argument regarding what constitutes the...
SBF Attempts to Manipulate Evidence: Imposes Tougher Bail Conditions
According to recent reports, the US Attorneys in Manhattan proposed to impose inflexible bail conditions on the disgraceful Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the crypto exchange FTX. The proposal...
US SEC Investigates Investment Advisors About Crypto Regulations
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating registered investment advisors to determine whether they are complying with regulations regarding the custody of client cryptocurrency assets, reported three sources with...
SEC Chief Gary Gensler Supports Re-proposed Securitization
Gary Gensler, Chairperson, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), states he supports the re-proposed rule. He writes in a tweet, “It fulfills Congress’s mandate to address conflicts of interests in...
John Reed Stark Slams Crypto Industry, Calls it ‘Multi-faceted Grift’
John Reed Stark, the ex-Chief of the SEC Office of Internet Enforcement, addressed the crypto community with his ideas about the “crypto-Ponzi” schemes. Stark stated, “I believe the design language...
SEC Chair Gensler’s Calendar: Insights into Meetings with IEX CEO
Eleanor Terrett, a journalist and producer for Charlie Gasparino at Fox Business Network, took to Twitter to break down the August edition of Gary Gensler’s calendar. Terrett highlighted that Gensler, ...
Grayscale Vs SEC: DC Fast-Tracks Verbal Arguments In The Lawsuit
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has declared that it wants to fast-track verbal arguments in Grayscale’s lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to get a speedy...
Lawyer Clarifies the Flaws in SEC’s Claim that XRP Is a Security
In a series of tweets today, famous blockchain lawyer John Deaton explains the shortcomings in the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) claim that Ripple’s native blockchain token, XRP, constituted...
Former SEC Chief John Reed Lashes Out at ‘Big Crypto’ for Catchphrase
John Reed Stark, President of John Reed Stark Consulting and former SEC Chief, took to his newsletter to lash out at ‘Big Crypto’, the well-funded and organized group of crypto...
Ripple’s Lawyer Deaton Says Crypto Regulation Is Not Coming to the U.S
Amidst the Ripple vs Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) legal battle, Ripple lawyer and founder of Crypto Law US, John Deaton believes that crypto regulation in the US is not coming...
Creditors Take Issue With Genesis’ Sloppy Bankruptcy Filing
Barely hours after Genesis Global filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, two of the crypto lender’s top ten creditors...
SEC Charges Avraham Eisenberg for Stealing Cryptos Worth $116 M
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Mango Markets manipulator Avraham Eisenberg for stealing crypto assets worth $116 Million. As per the press release, Eisenberg has allegedly...
SEC Cracks Down on Nexo for Unregistered Crypto Lending
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Nexo Capital Inc. for failing to register the offer and sale of its retail crypto asset lending product, the Earn Interest Product...
Ripple Opposed Letter-Motion in SEC Lawsuit, XRP Market Positive
Informing the crypto community, James K. Filan, a defense lawyer, and former federal prosecutor, updated the SEC vs Ripple case. The defense lawyer tweeted that Ripple opposed the Letter-Motion by...
Ripple CEO Remains Optimistic About Lawsuit Settling in 2023
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently sat down with CNBC and China Tech correspondent Arjun Kharpal to speak about his current stance regarding the Ripple vs. SEC lawsuit. He spoke about...
John Deaton Says the Ripple vs. SEC Outcome Will Impact All Coins
John E Deaton, the founder of CryptoLaw, shared his insights on why the SEC vs. Ripple case could put every coin in danger. He dropped a YouTube video stating why...
