July 13, 2023 New Crypto Bill Aims To Circumvent SEC's Regulation-by-Enforcement Strategy New bipartisan crypto bill would “create a federal regulatory framework.” Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R–Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) have introduced a proposal to regulate…
June 8, 2023 Gary Gensler's SEC Cracks Down on Coinbase and Binance On Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), headed by Gary Gensler, sued crypto exchange Coinbase for not registering as a securities broker. The…
April 19, 2023 SEC Sues Crypto Exchange Bittrex Shortly After It Announces It's Leaving U.S. Markets At the end of March, a long-lasting and prominent cryptocurrency exchange, Bittrex, announced it would no longer do business with U.S. citizens because “it’s…
March 23, 2023 SEC to Coinbase: Nice Crypto Exchange You Got There, It'd Be a Shame if Something Happened to It Coinbase, which is by trade volume the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, announced yesterday it had been hit by the Securities and…
March 16, 2023 Federal Judge Blasts SEC for Poorly Argued Attempts To Claim Cryptocurrencies Must Be Regulated by Them Many in the virtual currency industry have been confused and bedeviled by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) gradual and ill-explained encroachment on their…
March 1, 2023 Hester Peirce, Nic Carter: The Government vs. Cryptocurrencies Today’s Reason Interview podcast has double the hosts and double the guests. Every Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern, Zach Weissmueller and I host a live…
February 15, 2023 Renegade SEC Commissioner Wants To Save Crypto: Live With Hester Peirce, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Kraken—America’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume—with offering an unregistered security last Thursday. As part of a settlement,…
December 13, 2022 FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Used Customer Assets to Fund Political Donations, Says SEC Disgraced crypto king faces criminal charges and SEC lawsuit. Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and head of the popular cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been arrested in…
