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President Trump’s SEC Trims Crypto Oversight

As we recently reviewed in The First Two Months of the SEC Under President Trump, since taking office for the second time, President Trump has moved quickly to make changes throughout the federal government in keeping with...more

DraftKings NFT Settlement Leaves Securities Question in Limbo

A class action lawsuit brought against online gaming company DraftKings Inc. relating to the company’s short-lived marketplace for non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, is likely to settle. Because the case will not proceed to a...more

Takeaways from the SEC Division of Enforcement’s FY 2023 Report

On November 14, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published its enforcement results for fiscal year 2023. FY23 was another active year in terms of SEC enforcement, with a 3 percent increase in total...more

SEC Division of Examinations Announces 2024 Priorities

On Monday, October 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Division of Examinations (“Division”) “released its 2024 examination priorities to inform investors and registrants of the key risks, examination topics,...more

SEC v. Ripple Labs: Analysis of Summary Judgment Opinion

Under the helm of SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, the Securities and Exchange Commission has argued that many cryptocurrencies qualify as “securities” under federal law, and therefore fall within the SEC’s bailiwick....more

NBA-Branded NFTs May Be Securities S.D.N.Y. Finds

On February 22, 2023, a judge in the Southern District of New York ruled that a class action lawsuit may proceed alleging that Dapper Labs, Inc. violated federal securities laws when it issued of a series of non-fungible...more

SEC v. LBRY, Inc.: Federal Court Finds LBRY’s Crypto Token as a Security

It is no secret that over the last several years, there has been an exponential increase in the utilization of blockchain and digital assets. Crypto trading and lending platforms have grown rapidly and the total crypto market...more

An Overview of the SEC, SDNY and CFTC Cases Against Sam Bankman-Fried

As has been widely reported, last week, the SEC, CFTC, and U.S. Attorney’s Office (“USAO”) for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”) announced charges against Samuel Bankman-Fried (“SBF”), the co-founder and majority...more

SEC Asks Companies to Disclose Information on Crypto Exposure

On Thursday, December 8, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published a notice to its website informing companies of their potential disclosure obligations regarding their crypto assets....more

SEC Moves Against $300 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme

In March 2022, as it does every year, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations (EXAMS) published its Examination Priorities, designed to highlight areas that the Agency views to be worthy of...more

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