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Securities are Securities

On July 9, 2025, Commissioner Hester Peirce, head of the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, in a published statement said, “Tokenized securities are still securities.” And, as such, the federal securities laws apply to transactions...more

What We Have Here Is a Success to Communicate: SEC Releases FAQs for BDs and Transfer Agents Relating to Crypto Asset Activities...

On May 15, 2025, the staff of the Division of Trading and Markets (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) released responses to frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) relating to crypto assets and...more

SEC v. Coinbase. SEC Leaves the Field.

On February 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission formally abandoned its enforcement action against Coinbase. ...more

Finally, clarity (or perhaps, “clarity-ish”)

After years of refusing to give clear answers on the issue of which tokens are securities, the SEC has finally provided some clarity, at least with respect to meme coins: they are not securities. Well, actually, not quite;...more

Christmas in July—Court in Ripple Case Delivers Split Verdict Hailed as Victory by Ripple

Three days before Christmas 2020, the SEC served Ripple Labs Inc. and two of its executives with a lawsuit. How is that for a present under the tree? As the SKrypto Blog reported at the time, the main issue was whether XRP, a...more

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