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4/7/2025 4:11:56 PM Another Crypto Win: Covered Stablecoins are not Securities By Mark Bini Kaela Dahan Natalia Terezakis On April 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a statement clarifying its position on reserve-backed...
2/21/2025 12:51:55 AM SEC Launches Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit, Signaling Shift from Crypto By Kaela Dahan Mark Bini Natalia Terezakis On February 20, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced the creation of the Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit...
1/22/2025 6:02:32 PM SEC appeals lower court decision in Ripple, but outcome may hinge on new Administration's priorities By Jon Ammons On Wednesday, January 15, the SEC appealed a decision by District Judge Analisa Torres in the SEC's civil case against Ripple Labs, Inc....
1/14/2025 5:26:23 PM Coinbase’s Suit Seeking Clear SEC Crypto Rules Scores Partial Victory By Mark Bini Kaela Dahan Natalia Terezakis One small step for Coinbase may portend a giant step for crypto. On January 13, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals granted Coinbase a...
5/28/2024 9:05:33 PM A Sea Change in Washington on Crypto Policy Leads to Resounding Legislative and Regulatory Successes for Digital Assets By Celisa Morin Mark Bini Kaela Dahan It was quite a week for crypto in the U.S., marking one of the most important for the digital asset space and reflecting a clear rise in...
2/27/2024 8:26:03 PM U.S. Lawmakers, Banking Associations Challenge SEC’s SAB 121 By Celisa Morin As the two-year mark of the SEC’s controversial Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121 (SAB 121) approaches, it is coming under increasing...
2/13/2024 3:50:56 PM SEC fines 16 firms over $81 million for off-channel messaging By Daniel Ahn Mark Bini Kaela Dahan Wardah Bari +1 more... Show less On February 9, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settlements with 16 broker-dealer and investment...
1/11/2024 4:45:15 PM One Small Step For The SEC, One Giant Leap For Crypto By Mark Bini Celisa Morin Kaela Dahan Michael Tomasulo Hadas Jacobi +2 more... Show less In a historic day for the digital assets space, on January 10, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) greenlit...
12/19/2023 3:37:05 PM Divided SEC Refuses to Provide Greater Clarity for Crypto By Mark Bini Hadas Jacobi Kaela Dahan Courtney E. Fisher +1 more... Show less On December 15, 2023, the five-member U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”), in a 3-2 vote, denied a petition...
12/1/2023 10:22:16 PM Bitcoin for the Masses By Lara T. Gatz In the world of finance, there is a revolution occurring. Bitcoin, which was traditionally available only through a complicated process...
12/1/2023 12:41:00 AM U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETF Shifts the Narrative around Digital Assets By Mehrnaz Afshar Celisa Morin This past week the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) again delayed decisions on whether to approve applications for what...
10/2/2023 7:59:28 PM Latest crackdown on ephemeral messaging highlights benefit of self-reporting By Daniel Ahn Mark Bini Kaela Dahan On September 29, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced charges against 10 financial firms for apparent...
9/4/2023 12:38:39 PM SEC Private Fund Regulations By Brendan Gallen The new rules only being recently announced, a coalition of trade associations have already filed a petition with the United States Court...
8/9/2023 8:43:30 PM Regulatory whiplash: The continued crackdown on off-channel communications By Daniel Ahn Evan Barr Mark Bini Kaela Dahan Joanna Howe +2 more... Show less On August 8, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) resolved their...
7/17/2023 9:06:24 AM One small step for Ripple, one big step for crypto By Mark Bini Courtney E. Fisher Kaela Dahan Victoria Jaus Celisa Morin +2 more... Show less On July 13, 2023, U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres issued a landmark ruling for the crypto community, holding that programmatic, or...
6/6/2023 8:30:43 PM SEC Continues Frontal Assault on Major Crypto Exchanges By Mark Bini Kaela Dahan Victoria Jaus Joanna Howe +1 more... Show less On June 6, 2023 the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) sued a major cryptocurrency platform (the “Platform”),...