Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission

Juridique

Coinbase’s SEC Complaint Draws Allies Depicting U.S. Regulator as Crypto Bully

As the exchange tries to force an answer from the Securities and Exchange Commission on digital assets regulation, crypto groups and the Chamber of Commerce leap in.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (CoinDesk screen grab from video)

Juridique

SEC Blasted on Custody Proposal by JPMorgan, Crypto Firms and a Fellow Agency

The U.S. securities regulator recently proposed requiring investment advisers to keep customers’ crypto assets with “qualified custodians” and is now facing wide criticism for the potential future rule.

Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Juridique

U.S. SEC Changes Its Mind on Officially Labeling Digital Assets

The Securities and Exchange Commission was about to define “digital asset” but deleted it in the final version of a rule, reversing a move that might have started formalizing crypto’s role.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Juridique

U.S. SEC Warns Advisers They Need to Know Crypto Before Recommending to Clients

Brokers and investment advisers have to understand crypto and ensure it's in clients’ best interests before pitching investments, the SEC staff said in a bulletin.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed spot bitcoin ETF responses for two applicants.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Juridique

SEC Lays Its Cards on the Table With Assertion That DeFi Falls Under Securities Rules

Unless Congress legislates otherwise, U.S. oversight will hold most of the crypto world inside the SEC’s jurisdiction as the agency moves to make its reach increasingly explicit.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Marchés

ARK Uses 'Wells Dip' to Stock Up Again on Coinbase Shares, Two Days After Selling

Coinbase shares tumbled 16% Thursday after the company disclosed late Wednesday it had received a Wells Notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer, Ark Invest (Marco Bello/Getty Images)

Juridique

Is This Finally an Atomic Bomb From the SEC?

The warning to Coinbase that it’s breaking securities laws may signal the long-awaited attack on crypto’s foundations, but also may set up a court fight that finally answers questions.

(Corbis via Getty Images)

Juridique

Grayscale Chief Legal Officer: A Spot Bitcoin ETF Will Protect U.S. Investors, Consumers

Craig Salm discusses what happens next after a court acts on its lawsuit against the SEC, and whether this regulator should even be involved with bitcoin products.

(Grayscale Investments Chief Legal Officer Craig Salm/CoinDesk TV)

Technologies

Gitcoin’s Owocki Says Crypto Can Regenerate the World. Just Don’t Call Him Starry-Eyed

A programmer by training, Kevin Owocki's view of securities law is not based in any formal legal training but crypto optimism, evolutionary science, economics and legal theory, with a focus on the principal-agent problem.

(Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

Marchés

GBTC Discount Narrows to 42% Ahead of Grayscale’s ETF Hearing Tuesday

The closed-end fund's discount to net asset value had widened to 47% in mid-February.

Grayscale's Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Invest: NYC 2019 (CoinDesk)