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Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC and CFTC Invite Crypto Innovation and Announce Joint Roundtable

On September 2, 2025, the Divisions issued a joint statement announcing a cross-agency initiative to coordinate efforts regarding the process for enabling the trading of certain spot crypto asset products. This initiative is...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - October 2024 #4

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Crypto Integration Initiatives Continue, Crypto Exchange Data Published - According to a recent report, a major U.S. fintech company intends to purchase a stablecoin infrastructure provider. While the fintech company itself...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - May 2024 #2

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Crypto and Web3 Firms Announce Fintech Integrations - A major U.S. fintech firm recently announced a product integration with MoonPay, a Web3 infrastructure company, “that allows MoonPay users in the U.S. to seamlessly buy...more

The Volkov Law Group

JP Morgan Fined $348 Million for Deficient Record-Keeping

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Regulators with the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) have fined JP Morgan Chase & Co. a combined total of $348.2 million over the bank’s failure to monitor client trading activities...more

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Game Over: Robinhood Pays $7.5 Million to Resolve “Gamification” Securities Violations

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After more than three years of regulatory investigation and litigation, Robinhood Financial LLC (“Robinhood”) recently agreed to overhaul its digital engagement practices and pay a $7.5 million fine to settle charges with the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

SEC Dismisses Ripple Labs Executives After Losing Bid for Interlocutory Appeal

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On October 19, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dismissed its claims against Ripple Labs, Inc. (Ripple) executives Bradley Garlinghouse and Christian Larsen for allegedly aiding and abetting Ripple’s violations of...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC’s Request for Interlocutory Appeal of Favorable Rulings for Ripple Labs’ Defendants Rejected Based on Well-Settled Law

On October 3, 2023, a federal court denied the Securities and Exchange Commission’s request to certify for appeal the same court’s decision (Initial Decision) granting Ripple Labs, Inc.’s and two principals’ motion for...more

Holland & Knight LLP

A Ripple of Doubt

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Specifically, the SEC wants a change to persuade the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit – now, not later – of its view that Torres got it wrong when she determined that the company's offer and sale of its XRP token...more

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC v. Ripple: When a Security Is Not a Security

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In a monumental decision that will likely have substantial ramifications for crypto industry developers, securities practitioners, and millions of investors and token purchasers alike, on July 13, 2023, the U.S. District...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

NYAG Files Action Against Crypto Trading Platform, Takes Position That ETH Is a Security

On March 9, 2023, the New York State Attorney General’s Office (NYAG) filed a lawsuit charging crypto trading platform KuCoin for “failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and falsely representing...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Kraken Consents to SEC Injunction and Ceases Marketing its Staking-as-a-Service Program

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In a headline-grabbing action, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced on February 9 that it had instituted and settled an enforcement action against Kraken, a large crypto trading platform, in which it...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

SEC v. LBRY, Inc.: Federal Court Finds LBRY’s Crypto Token as a Security

It is no secret that over the last several years, there has been an exponential increase in the utilization of blockchain and digital assets. Crypto trading and lending platforms have grown rapidly and the total crypto market...more

The Volkov Law Group

The SEC and CFTC Bring Civil Charges against FTX, Alameda, and SBF (III of IV)

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In conjunction with the DOJ’s criminal indictment, the SEC brought civil charges against SBF.  The SEC charged SBF with orchestrating a scheme to defraud equity investors in the FTX exchange (FTX Trading Ltd.).  The SEC...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

Crypto Trading Platforms and Bankruptcy Law: Are Clients Protected?

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Cryptocurrency investors, who were already in the icy clutches of the so-called “crypto winter,” now have another reason to shiver. Insolvency issues are cropping up with some frequency among crypto companies, which is...more

White and Williams LLP

Cryptocurrency Regulations and How They May Impact Private Investment Funds

Over the last five years, decentralized finance (DeFi), especially cryptocurrencies and other digital assets are a space that continues to grow at an exponential rate, not only for retail investors but also for private...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

April 2022 Crypto Enforcement Actions And Regulatory Guidance Roundup

In April, we continued to see a steady pace in the seriousness and frequency of crypto enforcement actions by state and federal law enforcement.  (See our March 2022 Crypto Enforcement Actions Roundup blog here where we...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SEC Proposed Amendments Could Significantly Impact DeFi Companies

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued proposed amendments to the Securities Exchange Act (the “Exchange Act”) that would significantly broaden the definition of “exchange” for purposes of...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

SEC Brings Charges against Blockchain-Based Trading Platform over Alleged Violations of Disclosure Rules

On January 10, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) announced it settled charges in In re tZERO ATS, LLC, No. 93938 (SEC Order Jan. 10, 2022) (“Order”)....more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

U.S. Federal Regulators Turn Up the Heat on Cryptocurrency Trading Platforms

With new types of digital assets and related business on the rise, federal authorities have been busy investigating.  Recently, the SEC, FinCEN and the CFTC have imposed some notable settlements involving cryptocurrency...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The SEC Greenlights a Blockchain Settlement Service for Public Shares

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The US agency has used a no-action letter to enable a sandbox-like approach to blockchain-based trade settlements. In what may be the first regulator-approved application of blockchain technology for the settlement of US...more

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Investment Management Update - October 2019

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SEC Adopts ETF Rule - On September 25, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unanimously adopted Rule 6c-11 under the 1940 Act to modernize the regulation of exchange-traded funds by establishing a clear and...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - February 2019

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U.S. Developments - Kik Publicizes Response to Possible SEC Enforcement - On January 27, the Wall Street Journal published an article describing the impending legal battle over cryptocurrency Kin and its 2017 ICO. That...more

White and Williams LLP

The SEC Expands Its Enforcement Efforts to Include Cryptocurrency Exchanges

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In an enforcement action filed on November 8, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered that 31-year-old Zachary Coburn, founder of the EtherDelta cryptocurrency exchange, cease and desist from operating the...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Tells How to Fix the Faulty Initial Coin Offering

The SEC simultaneously announced a pair of settled enforcement actions related to illegally offered ICOs with extensive remedial provisions to fix the faulty offerings....more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - September 2018 #3

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Hester Peirce Remarks at Cato Institute Conference - Hester Peirce made remarks at the Cato Institute’s Fintech Unbound conference on September 12, 2018. Commissioner Peirce commented that securities regulators are too risk...more

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