News & Analysis as of

Digital Assets › Broker-Dealer › Alternative Trading System (ATS)

Troutman Pepper Locke

SEC’s Spring 2025 Rulemaking Agenda and the Crypto Revolution

Troutman Pepper Locke on

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has unveiled its Spring 2025 Rulemaking Agenda, and it’s clear that the crypto market is a focal point. While some anticipated the new Administration would bring in a period of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC to Keep Watchful Eye on Digital Asset Trading Platforms - Commission's Focus on Securities Exchange Laws, Reg ATS and Expanded...

Holland & Knight LLP on

In July 2017, the SEC issued its landmark DAO Report, which clarified, among other things, its view that digital tokens with characteristics akin to those of an "investment contract" as established in SEC v. W.J. Howey Co....more

Goodwin

tZERO ATS Settlement with SEC: Square Peg/Round Hole or Simple Failure to Follow Existing Rules?

Goodwin on

On January 10, 2022, tZERO’s ATS settled a matter with the SEC in which it agreed to an $800,000 fine. Given the size of the penalty and substantial attention on the SEC’s approach to regulating digital asset securities,...more

Jones Day

SEC's Division of Examinations Reiterates Focus on Digital Asset Securities

Jones Day on

On February 26, 2021, the SEC's Division of Examinations released a Risk Alert to make digital asset market participants aware of recurring issues that have arisen in the course of recent examinations, and provide notice of...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - December 2020

Perkins Coie on

U.S. Developments - Legislation - Congress Members Introduce Stablecoin Legislation - On December 2, 2020, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), Congressmen Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) and Chairman of Task Force on...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Settlement of Digital Asset Trading Just Got Easier

Latham & Watkins LLP on

SEC relief streamlines noncustodial settlement of digital asset trades, but broker-dealer custody is still off-limits. On September 25, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a no-action letter (the...more

Polsinelli

FINRA and SEC Issue Joint Statement on Security Token and Custody Rules

Polsinelli on

On July 8, 2019, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Division of Trading and Markets and the staff of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) issued a joint statement outlining...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

SEC Extends Registration Requirements for Investment Companies and Broker Dealers to ICO/Crypto Firms

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment on

Fund managers take note – after over a year of warning, this month the SEC announced a pair of settlement orders with respect to registration requirements for a fund and broker dealer operating in the crypto and digital...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Understanding the Regulatory Concerns of Cryptocurrency Exchange Registration

Holland & Knight LLP on

• Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, recently approached the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about possible licensing as a broker-dealer. If Coinbase decides to register with the SEC, it will...more

White and Williams LLP

SEC Issues Guidance to Cryptocurrency Exchanges

White and Williams LLP on

On March 7, 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued additional guidance with respect to digital assets trading platforms, affirming that platforms that offer trading of cryptocurrencies that are...more

10 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide