Charts: SEC Data Shows Token Filing Figures Just Keep Rising Since SAFT came into to use last year, the number of companies reporting to the SEC to work in this framework has increased, CoinDesk finds.… Read More
US State Seeks to Confiscate $24 Million in Dark Web Bitcoin The crackdown of vendors on darkweb marketplaces lets the U.S. government seize 4,000 bitcoins and now it wants to confiscate all of them. … Read More
The SEC Just Froze One ICO’s Accounts for a Second Time The SEC is once more taking action against a co-founder of the PlexCoin ICO project, having already sued him over securities violations and fraud.… Read More
SEC Has Removed ‘Stumbling Block’ for Ether Futures, Says Cboe The doors may be open for Cboe to launch an ether futures product, following a recent comment from the SEC that the cryptocurrency is not a security.… Read More
LA Bitcoin Trader Faces 30 Months in Jail for Illegal Money Business A 50-year-old woman, who traded bitcoin as “Bitcoin Maven,” faces 2.5 years in jail for having run an illegal money transmitting business.… Read More
CFTC Demands Crypto Exchange Data In Market Investigation The U.S. regulator has subpoenaed four crypto exchanges to submit trading data as part of an investigation into market manipulation.… Read More
Another Investor Lawsuit Claims XRP Is a Security A new lawsuit claims XRP is a security controlled by Ripple.… Read More
Northern Trust Wins Patent for Storing Meeting Minutes on a Blockchain Northern Trust Corporation has been granted a patent for a system to create immutable records of meetings on a blockchain.… Read More
CFTC Denies FOIA Request for Bitfinex and Tether Subpoenas The top U.S. futures regulator has denied a FOIA request related to cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and the closely-linked ‘stablecoin’ operator Tether.… Read More
The Real Reason Token Issuers Are Fleeing the US No, it’s not a “race to the bottom.” Reputable token issuers seek jurisdictional quality and clarity, and they’re not finding it in the U.S.… Read More