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Finance

Robinhood Received Crypto-Related Subpoena Request From SEC: 10K

The trading platform also received similar subpoena requests from the California Attorney General’s office.

Robinhood app on a smartphone (Shutterstock)

Opinion

Gary Gensler’s Take on Crypto Doesn’t Matter

Labeling an asset a security changes nothing fundamental about the asset. We should stop pretending it does.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Solana in the Green After Weekend Deep Freeze

ALSO: CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey considers why the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has overreached in its recent actions against crypto entities, and that the crypto industry must improve its lobbying efforts.

Solana (Zack Seward/CoinDesk archives)

Policy

SEC’s Coinbase Insider Trading Case Is ‘Backdoor Rulemaking,’ Trade Association’s CEO Says

The regulator “piggybacked” off the Justice Department's insider trading case and is using it as a way to define some tokens as securities, Perianne Boring, the Chamber of Digital Commerce’s founder, told “First Mover.”

Chamber of Digital Commerce founder and CEO Perianne Boring (CoinDesk archives)

Opinion

Crypto Industry Needs More FTC, Less SEC

The government has great power to curtail the advance of this industry. In the same vein, it has the power to help it. Crypto leaders should recognize that power and seek to harness it constructively.

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Videos

Takeaways From Kraken's SEC Settlement

Andrew Keys, co-founder and president of DARMA Capital, discusses the key takeaways from Kraken's SEC settlement and what this means for the future of crypto staking services. "Now we at least know the rules of the game in what the SEC was taking issue with," Keys said.

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Videos

Market Sentiment Got 'Overly Bullish' In January: Strategist

Bitcoin has rallied roughly 40% year-to-date, despite multiple enforcement actions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Fairlead Strategies Founder and Managing Partner Katie Stockton explains BTC's January rally, saying, "we did see a massive sentiment shift" for many risk assets. "People got overly bullish...the measure went to this extreme greed level," Stockton added.

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The Chamber of Digital Commerce CEO on State of Crypto Regulation

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gensler suggests he’s frustrated over the crypto platforms’ unwillingness to come through his doors. The Chamber of Digital Commerce Founder and CEO Perianne Boring reacts to this sentiment, saying the SEC is "regulating through enforcement and by press release, and that is not how you develop a healthy, compliant and robust, regulated market for any industry."

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Videos

DARMA Capital President on Future of Ethereum Staking

A surprise settlement between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Kraken, a leading crypto exchange platform, raised existential questions for the future of “staking” on blockchains like Ethereum. Andrew Keys, co-founder and president of DARMA Capital, discusses the lessons learned from Kraken's SEC settlement. Plus, insights into what to expect from Ethereum's upcoming Shanghai upgrade.

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