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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued Coinbase – one of the biggest and most popular digital currency exchanges in the world – with a Wells notice, meaning it plans to sue to the trading platform in court. Coinbase Is Under Legal Threat According to the letter, the SEC has taken issue with the company’s new Lend program, which allows crypto owners to lend out their cryptocurrency and earn interest on their assets. Several states have apparently said...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues with its efforts to clamp down on illegal initial coin offerings. This trend started a couple of years back when ICOs were at their prime but has steadily escalated in 2020 and 2021. SEC Charges Rivetz Corp CEO for $18 Million According to an official litigation release, the SEC has charged Rivetz Corp., Rivetz International SEZC, as well as the president of Rivetz and the CEO of Rivetz International –...

The largest digital asset manager – Grayscale Investments – has announced that the Bitcoin Cash Trust, the Ethereum Classic Trust, and the Litecoin Trust have become SEC reporting products. Thus, the total number grew to six. Speaking to Forbes, Grayscale’s CEO – Michael Sonnenshein – indicated that the company’s portfolio of funds reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission has doubled. He specified that those funds were the Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust (BCHG), the...

The founder and top executive of Bit Connect – a now extinct cryptocurrency exchange – is being sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over his potential role in fraudulently collecting approximately $2 billion from investors several years ago. Bit Connect Is at the Center of a Legal Battle A civil case against the founder of the company was filed four months ago in May of this year. Satish Kumbhani – an Indian citizen – was formally charged by the SEC for...

In a recent discussion, Gary Gensler – the present head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – stated that major cryptocurrency platforms and exchanges need to embrace and cooperate with regulators if they wish to maintain their present levels of trust amongst customers. It’s a statement that arguably suggests Gensler knows absolutely nothing about cryptocurrency. Gary Gensler Is All About Regulation During the discussion, Gensler comments: At about $2...

The legal case between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the blockchain company Ripple Labs continues to intensify and this time, the regulator has been granted access to the payment processor’s employee Stack communications. A Win for the SEC As reported by Law360, the SEC earned the discovery win after US Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn ordered Ripple to give the regulator access to more than one million Slack messages that were previously...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has purportedly started an investigation against Uniswap Labs – the leading developer of the giant DEX Uniswap. According to a WSJ report from earlier on September 3rd, the top US securities regulator has gone after the developers of the largest decentralized cryptocurrency exchange – Uniswap Labs. Citing people familiar with the matter, the coverage reads that the watchdog is in an early-stage investigation process. The SEC is trying to...

Years after halting its services, the saga with BitConnect has taken another turn as the SEC has filed an action against the founder and some of the promoters. The Commission has alleged that they have swiped more than $2 billion from retail investors through an unregistered offering of digital assets. The SEC Files Charges Against BitConnect Founder Launched in early 2016, BitConnect promoted itself as a platform with a highly advanced trading bot that urged users to deposit...

Amidst an ongoing legal tussle with the securities and exchange commission, Ripple defendants have fired back with a motion to expose the XRP holdings of SEC employees, a token they have alleged is an unregistered security. RIpple’s Recent Motion On August 27th, attorney James Filan unveiled Ripple’s new motion demanding the SEC to produce documents related to its own employees’ XRP holdings. The legal order comes in response to four previous meetings Ripple has had with the...

A spokesperson for AnChain.AI, a blockchain analytics firm, recently revealed a $600 000+ contract with the Securities and Exchange Commission to help the agency regulate and monitor the DeFi space. AnChain’s Contract with the SEC The contract – which began in May of 2021 – has an initial value of $125 000, which may escalate to $625 000 if the SEC chooses to retain the group for 5 more $125 000 ‘option’ years. “The SEC is very keen on understanding what is happening in the...