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SEC Chairman Gensler Tells CoinDesk: Crypto Platforms Have an Obligation To Register
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SEC Chairman Gensler Tells CoinDesk: Crypto Platforms Have an Obligation To Register
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, in an interview with CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De, doubled down on his assertion that most cryptocurrencies are securities. That being the case, Gensler...
SEC Chairman Gensler Tells CoinDesk: Crypto Platforms Have an Obligation To Register
By CoinDesk Staff
Sep 8, 2022 at 2:40 p.m. UTC
Sep 8, 2022
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Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Bill Clark-Pool/Getty Images)
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Regulations
Crypto Doesn't Need More Guidance, SEC Chair Gensler Says
The Securities and Exchange Commission chief said the regulatory agency’s existing rules provide a clear roadmap for crypto companies, despite what they want.
Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Bill Clark-Pool/Getty Images)
By Nikhilesh De
Sep 8, 2022 at 12:45 p.m. UTC
Sep 8, 2022
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Finance
Thailand
Thai SEC Files Police Complaint Against Crypto Exchange Zipmex
The complaint comes after Zipmex failed to meet a deadline for sharing transactional information with the SEC, the agency said.
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By Oliver Knight
Sep 7, 2022 at 10:21 a.m. UTC
Sep 7, 2022
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Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Jill Sommers, in a 2011 photo. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Finance
Derivatives
FTX.US Derivatives Deepens Board With Addition of Ex-CFTC Commissioner
The hire comes as FTX has previously pitched the CFTC to directly clear customers' crypto swaps.
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Jill Sommers, in a 2011 photo. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
By Michael Bellusci
Sep 1, 2022 at 3:28 p.m. UTC
Sep 1, 2022
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Policy
Regulations
The SEC Is Getting Clearer About How It Plans to Regulate Crypto
We're reading between the lines of Grayscale's recent disclosures about SEC inquiries.
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By Nikhilesh De
Aug 31, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. UTC
Aug 31, 2022
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Credit Suisse is the latest banking giant to flirt with crypto. (Cayambe/Wikimedia Commons)
Finance
Credit suisse
Credit Suisse Held $31M in ‘Digital Assets’ for Clients Last Quarter
The Swiss bank disclosed its custody of what are more likely tokenized securities than cryptocurrencies in keeping with SEC accounting guidance.
Credit Suisse is the latest banking giant to flirt with crypto. (Cayambe/Wikimedia Commons)
By Danny Nelson
Aug 31, 2022 at 5:36 p.m. UTC
Aug 31, 2022
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SEC Chairman Gary Gensler has signaled early and often that the vast majority of token projects fall under his purview. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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The node
Then They Fight You: Scenarios for Coming Crypto Regulation
U.S. regulators are clearly ready to impose rules on the crypto market. If crypto advocates are serious about all this, it’s time to quit messing around.
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler has signaled early and often that the vast majority of token projects fall under his purview. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
By David Z. Morris
Aug 31, 2022 at 3:46 p.m. UTC
Aug 31, 2022
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Here’s Why FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Visited the White House
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Here’s Why FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Visited the White House
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried visited the White House in May amid regulatory turf battle between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Co...
Here’s Why FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Visited the White House
By CoinDesk Staff
Aug 31, 2022 at 3:10 p.m. UTC
Aug 31, 2022
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Elon Musk Sends a Second Letter to Scrap Twitter Takeover Deal
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Elon Musk Sends a Second Letter to Scrap Twitter Takeover Deal
Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent a second letter calling off his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). “The...
Elon Musk Sends a Second Letter to Scrap Twitter Takeover Deal
By CoinDesk Staff
Aug 30, 2022 at 5:34 p.m. UTC
Aug 30, 2022
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Grayscale, Disclosing SEC Queries, Says Cryptos XLM, ZEC, ZEN May Be Securities
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Grayscale, Disclosing SEC Queries, Says Cryptos XLM, ZEC, ZEN May Be Securities
Digital asset manager Grayscale Investments has been fielding questions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the firm’s “securities law analysis” of tok...
Grayscale, Disclosing SEC Queries, Says Cryptos XLM, ZEC, ZEN May Be Securities
By CoinDesk Staff
Aug 29, 2022 at 5:22 p.m. UTC
Aug 29, 2022
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