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SEC v. Coinbase. SEC Leaves the Field.

On February 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission formally abandoned its enforcement action against Coinbase. ...more

Reversal of Fortune: SEC to Drop Coinbase Suit

On Friday, Coinbase announced that the SEC staff had agreed in principle to dismiss its case alleging the company had failed to register as a securities exchange, broker-dealer, and clearing agency. We can expect the...more

New Administration Action on Cryptocurrency Tax Regulations

The Seward & Kissel Tax Group has collected some data and intelligence about what crypto tax changes we may see this year. President Trump aims to assess and revive cryptocurrency regulations via executive order, Congress...more

Home is Where Your Server Is?

On March 8, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed and remanded a District Court decision that dismissed all claims by plaintiff crypto investors against Binance, an international electronic exchange...more

Christmas in July—Court in Ripple Case Delivers Split Verdict Hailed as Victory by Ripple

Three days before Christmas 2020, the SEC served Ripple Labs Inc. and two of its executives with a lawsuit. How is that for a present under the tree? As the SKrypto Blog reported at the time, the main issue was whether XRP, a...more

Tilting at Windmills: SEC Sues Binance and Coinbase

On June 5, 2023, the SEC filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, known to the world as...more

Our Next Feature Attraction: Securities & Exchange Commission v. Coinbase, Inc.

...On March 22, 2023, Coinbase, Inc. received a Wells notice from the SEC. A Wells notice is the means by which the staff of the Enforcement Division informs someone it has decided to recommend the Commission bring an...more

Introducing the Government and Regulatory Rundown – March 2023

DOJ Promotes Compliance Through Compensation and Clawback Programs (3.2.2023): • The DOJ announced corporate criminal resolutions will now include a requirement that companies implement a compensation and bonus scheme...more

Gensler: The SEC Has Given You All the Crypto “Guidance” You Need

On September 8, 2022, in his remarks at the annual SEC Speaks conference, entitled Kennedy and Crypto, SEC Chair Gary Gensler declared: Of the nearly 10,000 tokens in the crypto market, I believe the vast majority are...more

Gotta Catch Them All? SEC Brings First Crypto Insider Trading Action

On July 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced insider trading charges against a former Coinbase product manager, Ishan Wahi, his brother, Nikhil Wahi, and a friend, Sameer Ramani, for trading...more

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