U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Policy

SEC drops lawsuit against BitClout’s Nader Al-Naji

The regulator ended its civil enforcement case accusing the DeSo creator of wire fraud and selling unregistered crypto securities.

Securities and Exchange Commission building

Policy

SEC's advisory group backs tokenized securities push, outlines how to keep it safe

The committee that steers the U.S. securities regulator on investor issues voted to support a new effort to regulate stock transactions on blockchains.

U.S. SEC headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC, CFTC end years of rivalry with deal that will mean combined crypto oversight

The two agencies sealed their memorandum of understanding to link the parts of their work that overlap, and coordinated crypto oversight is among the top goals.

Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission made an oversight pact. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. SEC chief Atkins said bond with sister agency CFTC to include joint meetings, exams

The SEC chairman made clear that formal new ties between the U.S. markets regulators will run so deep as to include combined meetings with firms pitching products.

CFTC Chair Mike Selig (left) and SEC Chair Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

CFTC chief Selig to clear path for U.S. perpetual futures in coming weeks

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman, appearing beside his Securities and Exchange Commission counterpart, said several crypto policies are coming.

U.S. CFTC Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

The chief of the SEC is headlining an event sponsored by a crypto firm at war with it

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins is a marquee speaker at a policy summit backed by Unicoin, whose CEO says the agency chief is being duped by his staff.

Unicoin truck "The War on Crypto is NOT Over" (courtesy of Unicoin)

Policy

SEC makes quiet shift to brokers' stablecoin holdings that may pack big results

The securities regulator has continued its Project Crypto work to make unofficial policy changes as it moved to let broker-dealers treat stablecoins as capital.

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

Markets

Trump-linked Truth Social seeks SEC approval for two crypto ETFs

The filings include a bitcoin and ether ETF and a staking-focused Cronos fund, deepening the Truth Social brand’s ambitions in digital asset investing.

(Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Policy

Key Senate Democrat wants U.S. crypto bill to move, and SEC chief reveals danger of defeat

Senator Mark Warner, a leading Democratic negotiator on the market structure bill, said he wants it to pass, and SEC chief Paul Atkins said durable policy actually requires it.

U.S. Senator Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Policy

SEC's Paul Atkins grilled on crypto enforcement pull-back, including with Justin Sun, Tron

The U.S. agency's chairman said in a House hearing that he's open to a confidential briefing for lawmakers on the topic.

Justin Sun speaks at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)