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Ripple to Get $75M of Court-Ordered Fine Back From SEC, Drops Cross-Appeal

Last August, New York judge Analisa Torres ordered Ripple to pay the regulator a $125 million fine for violating securities laws through institutional sales of XRP.

Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

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SEC Drops Investigation into Web3 Gaming Firm Immutable

The Australian crypto company disclosed it had received a Wells notice from the U.S. SEC last November.


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The SEC Resets Its Crypto Relationship

The SEC's Crypto Task Force held a roundtable Friday to air out the issues with how the crypto world interacts with securities laws.

Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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SEC 'Earnest' About Finding Workable Crypto Policy, Commissioners Say at Roundtable

The Securities and Exchange Commission's first gathering on crypto issues kicked off with assurances from commissioners that they're aiming to set effective policy.

Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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SEC Chair Nominee Paul Atkins to Face Senate Panel Next Week

Two top financial regulators in the crypto space have a date with the Senate as SEC nominee Paul Atkins and OCC pick Jonathan Gould get a March 27 hearing.

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Proof-of-Work Crypto Mining Doesn’t Trigger Securities Laws, SEC Says

In a staff statement published Thursday, the SEC said that both solo mining and mining pool operations would fail the first prong of the Howey Test.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Nears $86K as Trump Calls for Rate Cuts, XRP Gets U.S. Futures After SEC Resolution

XRP jumped as high as 12% before paring gains, as closely-related Ripple Labs ended its long-standing battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stating Wednesday that the case had “come to an end.”

Bitcoin bulls are out ((Unsplash/Peter Lloyd)

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Solana's Biggest Protocol Jito Leans In on a Changed DC

JitoSOL is not a security, the protocol claimed in a new research paper.

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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on the New Crypto Task Force

The longtime SEC commissioner explains how she wants to reshape the agency's approach to digital assets regulation.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Crypto ETFs Likely Won't Be Approved Until New SEC Chair Is Sworn In

President Donald Trump named Paul Atkins as his pick to lead the agency but no hearing has been scheduled yet to confirm him.

Paul Atkins, Donald Trump's nominee for SEC chair, on the left (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)