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What’s Next for Crypto: SEC Examination Priorities in 2025
Read More: What’s Next for Crypto: SEC Examination Priorities in 2025In the SEC’s latest report detailing the Examination Priorities for 2025, the Commission has reinforced its gameplan to keep a close eye on the crypto industry. As the market for digital assets continues to grow in both size and complexity—particularly with the introduction of Bitcoin ETFs and similar ETH products—the SEC’s Division of Examinations is…
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SEC Crypto Litigation Releases – October 2024
Read More: SEC Crypto Litigation Releases – October 2024SEC Charges So-Called Market Maker and Two Employees in Crackdown on Manipulation of Crypto Assets Offered and Sold as Securities https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26158 In a sting operation emblematic of a John Grisham novel, the SEC charged ZM Quant Investment Ltd.—a British Virgin Islands entity—with manipulating markets and offering unregistered securities. Acting as a self-proclaimed market maker, ZM…
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SEC Issues Wells Notice to Uniswap
Read More: SEC Issues Wells Notice to UniswapOn Wednesday, April 10, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Wells Notice to Uniswap Labs (Uniswap), the creator of the world’s largest decentralized cryptocurrency exchange. Before digging into why the SEC issued a Wells Notice to the U.S.-based software company, it’s important to understand what a Wells Notice is. What is a Wells Notice?…
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Crypto Exchange Sues SEC
Read More: Crypto Exchange Sues SECThe Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is under fire again, this time in Texas. On February 21, emerging Texas-based cryptocurrency exchange LEJILEX and the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas (“CFAT”), an industry advocacy group, filed a complaint against the SEC. In their complaint, LEJILEX and CFAT allege that the SEC’s assertion of regulatory authority over nearly…
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Van Eck and the Significance of Transparency
Read More: Van Eck and the Significance of TransparencyA recent settlement between Van Eck Associates Corporation (Van Eck) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) once again underscores the Commission’s focus on transparency in the securities markets. Van Eck agreed to pay a $1.75 million civil penalty to settle charges that it failed to disclose a social media influencer’s role in the promotion…