A bifurcated decision in a highly anticipated digital assets enforcement action may not provide the clarity that market participants want or need.
On July 13, 2023, Judge Analisa Torres of the US District Court for the...more
7/26/2023
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Crypto Exchanges ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Platforms ,
Due Process ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Notice ,
Institutional Investors ,
Investment Platforms ,
Personal Liability ,
Ripple ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Violations ,
Token Sales ,
Unregistered Securities
As the agency pursues and prevents offerings of tokens it deems unregistered securities, further issues emerge.
The recent wave of US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions relating to initial coin...more
Recent actions reinforce the SEC’s commitment to applying traditional securities markets regulation in the cryptocurrency markets.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC, or the Commission) recently issued a public...more
The settled order is the first SEC action charging a seller of digital tokens as an unregistered broker-dealer.
On September 11, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a settled order instituting...more