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The company behind the world’s largest Bitcoin fund has a 70% chance of overcoming the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a major crypto industry lawsuit, according to Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Legal Analyst Elliot Z. Stein. Given the circumstances, the firm’s analysts assign a 50% likelihood to a Bitcoin spot ETF being approved in the United States this year. Grayscale, BlackRock, and the SEC According to Stein, the optimistic outlook for Grayscale’s...

The case between Ripple and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission rages on. We’ve recently explored how the lawsuit could affect the entire crypto industry, talking to legal experts with interesting commentary on the matter. With that said, let’s have a look at some of the most recent developments as of today – June 27th, 2023. The most recent development came yesterday when the lawyer representing thousands of XRP holders – John E. Deaton – revealed that he...

The BITX being a 2x leveraged ETF can help investors to increase their profit two times faster than they would do without the leverage. The first leveraged Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) has received approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The ETF, the Volatility Shares 2x Bitcoin Strategy (BITX), will be launched on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) BZX Exchange on Tuesday, June 27th. ETFs can be traded on exchanges like stocks, and their...

With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launching a full offensive against crypto this year, an ongoing lawsuit against one of the agency’s first industry targets – Ripple – remains as prevalent as ever. Given recent developments, many parties close to the case believe the court’s ruling may be imminent. How might the result of the Ripple v. SEC lawsuit affect the crypto market and regulatory landscape as a whole? Let’s dive in. Recap: Ripple v. SEC In December...

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – Binance – has reportedly recruited M. Kendall Day – a former prosecutor at the US Department of Justice. His main duty will be to represent the firm in the legal battle against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The agency waged war on Binance earlier this month, accusing it of violating several rules. According to one of the allegations, the exchange offered services with unregistered securities, such as...

Kendall Day led the department’s efforts to combat money laundering, including dealing with charges related to money laundering, deferred prosecution agreement, etc. Amid its ongoing legal fight with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), crypto exchange Binance has hired a former white-collar prosecutor of the Department of Justice (DoJ), as per the court filing on Thursday, June 22. M. Kendall Day, a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s Washington DC office, will serve as...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given up its slot as one of the first creditors to be repaid by the insolvent crypto lending platform BlockFi. The move comes as the SEC is facing intense pressure from a legal battle against the cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. U.S. SEC Forfeits Front-Row Seat for Investors Earlier last year, BlockFi agreed to a $100 million settlement imposed by the U.S. SEC for failing to register its crypto lending products...

Binance.US withdrawals are now fully operational on the exchange, even as it warns users to convert all USD to USDT. Binance.US has announced that users can now resume USD withdrawal, as it has solved the problem. The US arm of the world’s largest crypto agency also said that by working with banking partners, it has almost completely resolved all previously delayed withdrawal requests for USD. However, the exchange warns that this resolution may not be permanent. In an official...

Binance’s U.S. subsidiary has challenged claims from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the company mismanaged user assets as “misleading.” In a motion filed on Wednesday, the exchange pointed to contradictory statements from the regulator suggesting that customers’ assets have not, in fact, been transferred outside of the United States. The SEC’s Conflicting Statements In screenshots from a Wednesday filing later shared by Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ),...

In addition to recruiting top-tier lawyers to bolster its defense, Coinbase has also filed “amicus briefs,” commonly known as friend-of-the-court briefs. In the face of intensified regulatory scrutiny within the cryptocurrency industry, Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN), a prominent American digital assets service provider, took a strategic legal approach to proactively influence court rulings in unrelated cases before becoming the primary target of a US crackdown. According to a recent...