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The SEC’s Scattershot Approach Shows Its Weakness
By taking aim at high-profile targets including Coinbase, Justin Sun and Lindsey Lohan, the SEC showed it doesn’t have the resources to effectively police the crypto industry.
A cardboard cutout of Tron founder Justin Sun (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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SEC Urges Investors to Be Cautious With Crypto Securities
The warning comes one day after Coinbase disclosed the receipt of a Wells Notice from the U.S. securities regulator.
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SEC Chairman Gensler Suggests Again That Proof-of-Stake Tokens Are Securities: Report
Gensler had previously argued that ether might be a security after Ethereum's transition to proof-of-stake last year.
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BD-03-04-23
The Hole on the FTX Balance Sheet Remains Gaping
The bankrupt company’s CEO reported what has been recovered so far, and it's not looking good.
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Keep Crypto in America
If the SEC is serious about U.S. investor protection, it should want crypto to stay in the United States, says CoinDesk's Emily Parker.
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SEC Chair Gensler Says Crypto Exchanges May Not Be 'Qualified Custodians'
"Just because a crypto trading platform claims to be a qualified custodian doesn’t mean that it is," the SEC chair said.
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BD 02-27-23
Gary Gensler, Bitcoin and the Bad-Faith SEC
The SEC chairman, under increasing scrutiny for his dealings with FTX, claims all non-BTC tokens are securities.
BD 02-27-23

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Gary Gensler’s Take on Crypto Doesn’t Matter
Labeling an asset a security changes nothing fundamental about the asset. We should stop pretending it does.
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Crypto Update | Is the SEC Really the Bad Guy?
With crypto markets ticking up while bitcoin looks overbought, plus a look at the SEC’s motive behind its recent crackdown, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest news roundup.
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