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Key Takeaways From House Hearing on Future of Digital Assets
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing Tuesday on the future of digital assets. The committee weighed its draft stablecoin bill in the wake of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s action against Binance and Coinbase. Prometheum co-CEO and founder Aaron Kaplan, who sat on the witness panel, discusses the key takeaways and outlook for crypto legislation in the United States.
Binance.US, SEC Ordered to Start Negotiations Wednesday Amid Asset Freeze Tussle
A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday rebuffed SEC's request to order a freeze on Binance.US' assets – provided the parties could agree on limits.
Crypto Industry Destined to Be Bitcoin Focused After SEC Actions: MicroStrategy Founder Michael Saylor
Last week, the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase.
SEC Says It May Make a Recommendation on Coinbase Petition Within 4 Months
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hasn't made a decision on whether it will respond to Coinbase's petition for rulemaking and its enforcement action against the crypto trading platform isn't inconsistent with any decision on rulemaking, the regulator said Tuesday.
U.S. Judge Rebuffs SEC Request for Binance.US Asset Freeze for Now
The federal judge ordered the Securities and Exchange Commission and Binance lawyers to keep negotiating about limits on the company, reporting back to her by Thursday.
Ripple Does Not Care Whether XRP Is 'Sufficiently Decentralized'
Common interpretations of the so-called Hinman document dump misunderstand Ripple’s legal strategy.
Binance Goes to Court Against the SEC
Binance and Binance.US have made their case against the SEC's motion to freeze all Binance.US funds.
Investing Platform eToro to Delist 4 Cryptocurrencies for U.S. Users Next Month
Social investing platform eToro will delist a selection of crypto token for its U.S. customers in a month's time in response to recent legal action by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). "The Hash" panel discusses how the agency's crackdown on crypto has impacted the market.
Hinman Speech Released in Ripple Labs Filing
Recently revealed emails tied William Hinman, the former director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, were published Tuesday by Ripple in its ongoing defense against an SEC lawsuit. Hinman suggested in a 2018 speech that bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) were not securities, in his view. "The Hash" panel discusses the crypto industry's reaction to the release of these documents.
‘The Industry Doesn’t Want the Answers.’ Josh Klayman on Coinbase and Binance
The crypto lawyer isn’t buying the argument that the SEC refuses to give the industry “regulatory clarity.” Chair Gary Gensler has been quite clear over the last two years about what is and what isn't a security, she says.
