It was just a couple weeks ago that Coinbase posted a blog post, paired with a hefty Twitter thread from CEO Brian Armstrong highlighting recent challenges with the SEC. Armstrong described the agency’s behavior as “sketchy” after the SEC seemingly threatened the exchange that a lawsuit would be impending should Coinbase launch their expected interest-yielding…
Earlier this year, crypto lending platform BlockFi started facing the heat from state regulators in New Jersey, Texas, and Alabama. Other states have joined the fold since then, as well. Celsius this week is now facing similar cease and desist demands from all three of the same states that BlockFi first faced. Let’s take a…
The regulatory battle with DeFi is heating up. The SEC now seemingly has it’s eyes set on arguably the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. The news comes after five U.S. states sent individual notices to DeFi platform BlockFi in recent weeks. This week, reports have surfaced that Coinbase is facing regulatory scrutiny over…
The Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called for the crypto space to work with regulators. The Financial Times reported that Chairman Gary Gensler had asked Congress to empower his agency so they will be better able to govern the market. It is still not clear yet which agency has oversight of…
The cryptocurrency industry might soon be flooded with different kinds of rules to checkmate its operations. The recent developments in the sector point towards a new SEC rule that will guide the security swaps occurring in many financial assets, including crypto. This information came from the SEC Chairman during a speech he gave to the…
The Brazilian Securities Regulator, Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) gives approval for an Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF). The holding company of QR Asset Management, QR Capital, announced the approval. 🔴 BREAKING: CVM aprova o 1º ETF de Ethereum da América Latina, o QETH11. O ETF da QR Asset Management, gestora do grupo QR Capital, será…
Capital International’s strategic investment in one of the most talked-about companies of the year shouldn’t raise any eyebrows. However, when said company is pursuing a never-before-seen strategy using a highly experimental digital asset, the world watches. It’s safe to say that Capital International believes in MicroStrategy as a company and in its CEO Michael Saylor.…
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says that the San Francisco-based payments startup intends to go public once its legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is settled. XRP To Go Public In an interview during the Consensus 2021 event, Garlinghouse commends Coinbase following the crypto exchange’s debut on the Nasdaq in April. Despite the…
XRP is now trading at $1 or more, even despite the parent company Ripple still being locked in a legal battle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Not only does the recent pump prove the power of borderless cryptocurrencies, but it takes the token to a key technical level that if broken, should…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new target is LBRY, Inc. Like it did with Ripple, the regulator accuses the company of “failing to register a security offering,” according to a document filed in the court district of New Hampshire. According to the complaint filed by the SEC, LBRY has sold “millions” in securities…