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The Securities and Exchange Commission alleged that some of the largest altcoins, such as ADA, MATIC, and SOL, are unregistered securities. Most assets slumped in value shortly after the allegations went out. Now, though, the organizations between the blockchains and the tokens have published official statements to refute the SEC’s claims. Polygon Responds MATIC traded at $0.9 last week, just a few days before the SEC went after Binance and Coinbase, alleging in the lawsuits...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its head Gary Gensler are bullies. They are bullies to the crypto industry and to everyone who tries to issue digital currencies to the common public. Republicans Grill the SEC and Gary Gensler The actions of Gensler have ultimately made him the subject of wrath...

The past 24 hours saw the majority of altcoins crash by a considerable margin and there are no signs of slowing down. However, there’s also a clear discrepancy between the price performance of certain altcoins to that of Bitcoin and Ethereum, both of which have remained relatively resilient. Bitcoin Dominance Soars Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin’s dominance increased to around 46% (data from CoinGecko). This is a major difference. The metric tracks Bitcoin’s share relative...

Cardano is taking a massive beating throughout the past few days. The cryptocurrency is down a whopping 23% in the last 24 hours alone. The majority of the altcoins are also trading well in the red, triggering liquidations of close to $400 million. Cardano (ADA) and a bunch of other altcoins are plummeting today. ADA alone is down 23% in the past day as investors fear a potential clash with the SEC. Data from Coinglass shows that the entire market’s liquidations have ramped...

Following lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has made his intentions clear about the digital assets class. These are securities, nothing less, he asserted in a recent interaction. They should be registered with the agency before being offered to investors or meet the requirements to seek exemptions, a CNBC report quoted him. He added that exchanges listing cryptocurrencies must also register themselves...

What a week… There’s absolutely no need to beat around the bush, so let’s kick it off directly … the United States Securities and Exchange Commission sued Binance. That’s right, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is under siege. Binance, Binance US, and Changpeng Zhao are all named in the lawsuit, as the SEC is out for blood. The Commission has asked the court to freeze the assets of Binance US and has also issued a summons for CZ. Since he’s not a US citizen,...

Ongoing regulatory pressure has created a difficult working terrain for the banking partners of Binance.US. Binance.US has told its customers that they may not be able to buy crypto with their US dollars from June 13. The Thursday announcement follows after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against the exchange and its founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) on Monday. SEC insists that Binance had violated the country’s securities laws. The exchange, on the other hand, says...

Binance announced the launch of a new batch of Cloud Mining products for BTC mining in a statement on Wednesday. The exchange’s cloud mining service was released last November and enabled users without mining equipment to earn mining rewards from Binance Pool. Subscriptions, on the other hand, are required to buy hash rates and Bitcoin mining on Binance’s cloud. According to the official blog post, the subscription of the new batch will begin on June 8 and will follow a...

Bittrex’s attempt to return customer funds has met with a significant roadblock from the United States, sparking concerns about the proposed resolution for the crypto exchange’s bankruptcy case. The firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware in May, less than a month after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged it with operating an unregistered exchange. Two other divisions – Bittrex Malta Ltd. and Bittrex Malta Holdings Ltd. – also filed for...

The overall market cap fell to $1.07 trillion – a level last seen three months ago – before a modest recovery to the press time figure of $1.1 trillion. Bitcoin, for one, dumped close to a two-month-low after weeks of trading largely rangebound in recent months. Several top altcoins posted higher losses prompting concerns about additional market stress. Despite this, on-chain data reflected a bullish picture as investors remained resilient in the face of severe regulatory...