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The Securities and Exchange Commission has moved to clear up some of the regulatory confusion over digital assets by publishing a framework for analysing whether they are offered and sold as investment contracts and, therefore, are securities.
04 April 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is inviting bids from firms that can build a tool that lets it review data from the most widely used blockchain ledgers in order to help it monitor risk and compliance, and inform policy, related to cryptocurrencies.
05 February 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission's new cyber unit has been busy, bringing 20 standalone cases, including those against ICOs and digital assets, in 2018, with more than 225 investigations ongoing.
08 November 2018
Cryptocurrency platform Circle Internet Financial is bidding to enter the Wall Street mainstream, seeking a federal banking license and SEC registration as a brokerage and trading venue.
06 June 2018
Not content with general doom mongering on the perils of investing in Initial Coin Offerings, the Securities and Exchange Commission has gone one step further, creating its own mock ICO website that touts an all too good to be true investment opportunity.
17 May 2018
An initial coin offering (ICO) that raised $32m and was backed by celebrity boxer Floyd Mayweather has been dealt a knockout blow after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) arrested the company's founders for fraud.
04 April 2018
US lawmakers continue to wrestle with how to approach cryptocurrencies, as a federal judge says the likes of bitcoin can be treated as commodities by the CFTC, FinCEN says money transmitter rules apply to ICOs, and Wyoming's state legislature clears a bill exempting some crypto assets from securities laws.
07 March 2018
The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission has warned Americans tempted by the current frenzy surrounding cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs) to beware of fraud and manipulation risks.
12 December 2017
The Securities Exchange Commission's new cyber unit has filed its first charges, winning an emergency asset freeze to stop an initial coin offering (ICO) that raised $15 million from investors.
04 December 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended trading in the shares of First Bitcoin Capital Corp, in part because of concerns over the "accuracy and adequacy" of public information about the firm's assets and capital structure.
24 August 2017
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