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The US SEC started an investigation of the crypto company Binance and two other trading platforms; Merit Peak Ltd and Sigma Chain AG. The two function as market makers that purchase and sell cryptos to Binance US to reduce price volatility. According to a report by Wall Street Journal, the agency...

According to a ruling by U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres, the advice Ripple got from a law firm in 2012 on whether XRP is a security or not, must be unveiled by February 17. The question plays an important role in the lawsuit, as the SEC accuses Ripple's executives of implementing an ulisted...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining the products of crypto companies Celsius, Voyager, and Gemini. According to a Bloomberg report, the scrutiny is a part of an expanded inquiry into businesses that provide lending products and allow customers to deposit tokens and earn...

Ripple continues to grow with its valuation hit $15 billion after buying back its Series C shares from investors. The CEO of the company, Brad Garlinghouse announced that despite the ongoing case, Ripple’s financial position is the strongest ever. Excited to announce @Ripple bought back our...

The chair of the US SEC, Gary Gensler said that platforms offering crypto trading services will be a primary focus of the agency. Bloomberg informs that during a recent virtual conference, Gensler said that he had asked the staff to get crypto exchanges inside the investor protection area and look...

The US SEC continues to disapprove physically-backed Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). On Dec. 22, the regulator released the decisions on the requests from the exchanges NYSE Arca to trade shares of the Valkyrie BTC Fund and Cboe BZX to trade Kryptoin BTC ETF Trust. The reasons for rejections...

John Deaton, the owner of the Deaton Law Firm, tweeted on the SEC against Ripple lawsuit, presenting records from the court. The case, started in December 2020, with the regulatory authority accusing Ripple Labs of the XRP token sale, saying it was unregistered security, takes new turns. During...

The US SEC rejected the request from investment manager VanEck to release a spot Bitcoin ETF. As per a report published by the government agency on Nov. 12, the paper submitted in March, by Cboe BZX Exchange and VanEck didn't provide sufficient details on how the product would prevent fraud and...

Ethereum's success is, at least in part, due to a favorable attitude from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). That was stated by the head of Ripple Brad Garlinghouse at the DC Fintech Week online conference. Garlinghouse considers it unfair for the SEC to classify XRP as a security,...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission won't block Bitcoin Futures ETFs from beginning to trade in the following week. As sources familiar with the subject told Bloomberg, the agency is likely to give a green light to the first BTC ETF product. BTC futures enable getting access to the coin...

When Gary Gensler took over as head of the SEC, many expected him to legalize Bitcoin ETFs. However, until now, the American regulator under the leadership of Gensler has not approved a product focused on the cryptosphere.   Analysts note that the slowness of the SEC is preventing institutional...

On September 14, the chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler stated his opinion related to the crypto sphere before a Senate committee. According to him, major crypto exchanges should register as securities exchanges. The Senate Banking Committee issued Gensler's...

Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced that it received a Wells Notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The regulatory agency warned the company against launching a product that would allow consumers to earn interest for their crypto holdings. A Wells Notice represents a...

The head of the SEC, Gary Gensler, recently announced the need to legalize the cryptocurrency industry as soon as possible. In his opinion, the SEC should control this market. Gensler proposed to classify digital assets as securities. However, there is another important regulatory body in the...

The US authorities have decided to expedite the legalization of secured digital currencies. The Ministry of Finance has created an expert group that will develop a regulatory framework for stablecoins. The head of the SEC, Gary Gensler, did not stand aside and commented on the position of American...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called on American investors not to invest in bitcoin futures. The corresponding notification was published last Thursday. This document states that even if investors decide to channel their capital into BTC-focused products, then they must analyze...

In a recent meeting, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse stated the firm aims to go public when the SEC's lawsuit will be over. The legal actions started in December 2020, when the SEC started a $1.3 billion lawsuit against Ripple claiming XRP, the cryptocurrency developed by the company is security. The...

On Friday, the court disallowed the SEC's request to publish financial statements of Ripple's execs stating it is not assured that the data would indicate wrongdoings. In March the US SEC submitted the petition for eight years of financial history from CEO Brad Garlinghouse and co-founder Chris...