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Crypto Community Rallies Behind Coinbase Amid SEC Wells Notice
Following the disclosure of the SEC’s Wells notice, the cryptocurrency community has come out in support of Coinbase. Paul Grewal and Brian Armstrong of Coinbase tweeted threads about the issue....
SEC Sues Influencer Jake Paul for Illegally Touting TRX and BTT
Following a lawsuit against the Tron founder, Justin Sun, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has its focus on celebrities connected to the crypto company. YouTube personality Jake Paul has...
SEC Investigates Lindsay Lohan, Justin Sun for Violating Regulations
Justin Sun, a cryptocurrency tycoon, was reportedly sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly violating securities regulations. Additionally, the SEC accused eight public figures, including Lindsay Lohan...
Crypto Journalist Discusses: “Who Will Win? Ripple Vs SEC”
Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett tweeted about her new feature piece titled, “SEC vs Ripple: verdict could come at a pivotal time for the crypto industry.” The featured article discussed the...
XRP Enthusiast Doubts Ripple’s Sucess in the Prolonged Court Case
In a recent tweet, a crypto influencer expressed skepticism about the future of Ripple blockchain, given its prolonged legal battle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The crypto...
Gensler Reiterates Proof-of-Stake Tokens Could be Securities
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has reiterated his opinion that proof-of-stake tokens could be considered securities under the Howey Test, thereby falling under the regulatory...
Deaton Prepares to Fight for SEC vs. Ripple Case’s Clarity From Courts
John E Deaton, the defense lawyer, and popular commentator of the ongoing SEC-Ripple lawsuit, tweeted today morning, reiterating what he has been affirming for the previous 2 years that “clarity...
Crypto Lawyer Calls Out US Senator Brown for Anti-Crypto Bias
In a recent tweet, crypto lawyer John Deaton expressed frustration with the US regulatory authorities, who he believes are intentionally promoting a false narrative about the crypto industry. Deaton described...
Circle CEO Says SEC Isn’t The Right Regulator for Stablecoins
Jeremy Allaire, the founder and CEO of Circle Internet Financial, believes that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should not have regulatory oversight of stablecoins. The chief of...
SEC vs. Ripple Case: Experts Believe SEC at a Disadvantage
Neither the SEC nor the XRP community appears to have gained an advantage from the recent judgment, according to Ex-attorney and Evernode XRPL co-founder Scott Chamberlain. Chamberlain’s comments followed a...
Crypto Whales Move 360 Million XRP Tokens over the Last 24 Hours
Within the last 24 hours, Whale Alert, an AI service that tracks the massive movement of coins across blockchains, captured multiple transfers of the Ripple utility token, XRP, in and...
US Judge Issues Ruling on SEC vs. Ripple Lawsuit Expert Testimonies
Taking to Twitter, James K. Filan shared that US judge Analisa Torres issued a ruling on Ripple’s and SEC’s Motions to preclude expert testimony. The court session discussed the relevance...
Don Verilli Shares Insights of Grayscale-SEC Lawsuit Arguments
Grayscale Investments, the investment management company, released on March 3, 2023, a brief recording and a comprehensive transcript of a conversation the reporters had with the Senior Supreme Court advocate...
Is SEC Trying to Hurt the Industry by Tagging Binance.US Unregistered?
The crypto community is divided over the aims and objectives of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in concluding that the Binance US subsidiary was operating an unregulated securities...
Analyst: SEC Is Playing a Game of ‘Brutal 4D Chess’ against Binance
In a recent tweet, crypto analyst Adam Cochran suggests that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is playing a game of “brutal 4D chess” against Binance, the largest...
Chia CEO Faults Gary Gensler’s Blanket Crypto Classification
Chia CEO Gene Hoffman has faulted the classification of all cryptocurrencies, except Bitcoin, as securities by Gary Gensler, Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the United States....
Saylor Claims Everything But BTC Is Security; Deaton Reacts
Founder of Crypto Law John E Deaton takes to Twitter to challenge Founder of MicroStrategy Michael Saylor on his opinion. Saylor states that there is a general consensus in the...
Grayscale CEO Addresses SEC as Arbitrary on its Denial of Spot ETF
Michael Sonnenshein, the CEO of the American digital currency asset management company, Grayscale Investments, commented that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) acted “arbitrarily”, referring to its rejection of Grayscale’s...
SEC vs XRP: Anti-graft Agency Supports Motion to Unseal Hinman Docs
The US whistleblower and anti-corruption watchdog, Empower Oversight, complained that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has repeatedly denied transparency organizations access to information of public interest, especially regarding the...
SEC’s Actions Cause Fear in Crypto Ecosystem: Polygon’s Rebecca
Polygon Chief Policy Officer (CPO) Rebecca Rettig and the Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of Coinbase, Paul Grewal recently sat down in a podcast with crypto journalist Laura Shin to address...
Coinbase’s Quarterly Net Revenue Surpasses Analyst Predictions
According to Coinbase’s quarterly report, the firm’s net revenue in 2022 was $605 million, up 5% from $590 million in the previous quarter and substantially exceeding analyst estimates of $588...
SEC Chair Criticized Over Association With Fund Managers
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has publicized the September 2022 edition of its chair, Gary Gensler’s, calendar. A segment of the public criticized aspects of the schedule, accusing...
SEC Lost 4 Out of 5 Cases Thanks to Courage of a few: Stuart Alderoty
Earlier today, defense lawyer James K. Filan and Ripple’s General Counsel Stuart Alderoty both commented on what they call the “losing streak of the SEC.” Alderoty detailed in this Twitter...
SEC Doesn’t Regulate Crypto Directly, but Indirectly; Says Levine
Matt Levine, the Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, published an article on February 7, analyzing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) crypto regulatory policies. Notably, the Chinese reporter Colin Wu, on his official...
The US SEC Seeks to Expand Categorization of Securities: Experts
John Deaton, the founder of Crypto-Law.us, believes that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pursuing theories that would expand the definition of what constitutes a security. He...
