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Beba and Defi Education Fund Sue the SEC Over Its Airdrop Policies
26.3.2024
Texas apparel company Beba and the Defi Education Fund (DEF) have announced a legal complaint against the U.S. SEC. They allege that the SEC has violated Administrative Procedure Act procedures by adopting an encompassing crypto policy without an official rulemaking process. Additionally,...
U.S. SEC Clears 'Dealer' Rule Expansion That Could Rope in DeFi
6.2.2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) widened its definition of a dealer today to pull many more financial operations into its jurisdiction – including, as it warned in a footnote of its original proposal – those dealing in crypto securities
Crypto advocates file amicus brief to address users' Fourth Amendment privacy rights
22.10.2023
The amicus brief was filed to support an appeal against the Internal Revenue Service in relation to a 2017 court order where Coinbase was forced to hand over data from more than 14,300 of its users to the IRS
DeFi group petitions to stop ‘patent troll’ targeting DeFi protocols
12.9.2023
The DeFi Education Fund says a patent owned by True Return Systems is being used to try to profit from lawsuits against decentralized protocols
U.S. Senator Lummis, Crypto Lobbyists Urge Court to Dismiss SEC's Coinbase Lawsuit
12.8.2023
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wy.), a number of crypto lobbying organizations and a group of professors called on a federal court to dismiss a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit against crypto exchange Coinbase Friday
Defi Education Fund Submits FOIA Request for SEC’s Docs
4.8.2023
The Defi Education Fund, an organization dedicated to expanding the decentralized finance environment, has submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The documents requested are linked to the SEC’s non-answer to whether...
60 Organizations Launch Campaign Urging US Congress to Protect Privacy
1.2.2023
On Wednesday, 60 organizations involved in cryptocurrencies, open-source and free software, and human rights and privacy-preserving projects launched a new campaign calling on the 118th U.S. Congress to protect privacy. The groups, including Fight for the Future, Electric Coin Co., and the...
'DeFi Education Fund' defends controversial $10.2M UNI liquidation
15.7.2021
The DeFi Education Fund has defended its shock liquidation of $10 million in UNI, claiming the move was necessary to “begin its work and fund future operations.”
Concern as Uniswap-backed 'DeFi Education Fund' dumps $10M worth of UNI
14.7.2021
The recently formed DeFi Education Fund has come under fire for abruptly announcing it had liquidated half of the 1 million UNI tokens donated to it through UNI governance