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Finance

Winklevoss-Owned Gemini Galactic Snags FINRA Broker-Dealer Approval

The license could open up future opportunities around digital securities trading.

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Analyses

Professor Gensler Gets an F on Crypto

An antagonistic SEC doesn't serve crypto or U.S. consumers, argues the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Paul H. Jossey.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler wants greater authority and resources to regulate crypto. (Third Way/Creative Commons)

Juridique

Dubai Issues Rules for Security, Derivatives Tokens

The regulator also plans to roll out rules for exchange and utility tokens as well as stablecoins.

Dubai (David Rodrigo/Unsplash)

Juridique

Gensler’s Crypto Testimony: 6 Key Takeaways

The SEC chairman laid out his stance on crypto regulation during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Tuesday. CoinDesk breaks it down.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Bill Clark-Pool/Getty Images)

Juridique

Kentucky Issues Cease-and-Desist Order Against Celsius Network

The state is the fourth to take legal action against the crypto lender.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky (CoinDesk archives)

Juridique

3 States: Alabama Securities Commission Also Claims Celsius Violated Securities Laws

Texas and New Jersey both announced they believed Celsius violated state securities laws on Friday.

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Finance

Ex-SEC Director Brett Redfearn Leaves Coinbase After 4 Months

The departure of Coinbase's VP of capital markets points to a strategy shift within the publicly traded crypto exchange.

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Marchés

Gary Gensler Speaks. The Reviews From Crypto Aren't Terrible

Bitcoiners were quite receptive to the new SEC chair’s sweeping statement of purpose on crypto regulation. Others, predictably, were not.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler

Marchés

BlockFi Is in Regulators' Crosshairs. DeFi Is Next

The DeFi industry should watch closely the regulatory actions taken against BlockFi and the securities questions being raised, CoinDesk columnist Preston Byrne writes.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince