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SEC Commissioners Criticize Agency’s Crypto Enforcement Strategy Following ShapeShift Settlement

7.3.2024
SEC Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda voice concerns over the lack of clarity in crypto regulations after ShapeShift’s recent settlement of $275,000. The post SEC Commissioners Criticize Agency’s Crypto Enforcement Strategy Following ShapeShift Settlement appeared first on Cryptonews

SEC Crypto Enforcement Reached New High in 2023

28.1.2024
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) crypto enforcement skyrocketed in 2023, with more than a 50% increase in crypto-related enforcement actions compared to 2022, according to a new report. The securities regulator “continues to view cryptocurrency-related enforcement as a...

US Lawmaker Spotlights Crypto Bills Approved by House Committee This Year

26.12.2023
U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer has highlighted various crypto bills that passed out of the House Committee on Financial Services this year. Among them is his appropriations amendment barring the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) “from using taxpayer dollars on its abusive crypto...

FCA Slow to Take Crypto Enforcement Action, UK's Public Spending Watchdog Says

11.12.2023
Even when the financial regulator has the power to act, years can go by before it takes enforcement action, the U.K.'s National Audit Office said

Coinbase CEO Says Binance Settlements Allow Crypto Industry to ‘Turn the Page’

29.11.2023
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the enforcement action against Binance has allowed the crypto industry to “turn the page.” He emphasized: “There are many, many companies in crypto that are helping build the crypto economy and update our financial system globally. But many of them...

SEC Announces ‘Highly Productive’ Year for Crypto Enforcement Actions

16.11.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published its latest enforcement results relating to crypto assets. “Fiscal year 2023 was another highly productive and impactful year for the SEC’s enforcement efforts relating to crypto asset securities,” the regulator described....

US Regulator CFTC Files Record Number of Crypto Enforcement Actions This Year

11.11.2023
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has revealed that it filed a record number of crypto enforcement actions this fiscal year. “In FY 2023, the CFTC brought 47 actions involving conduct related to digital asset commodities, representing more than 49% of all actions filed during...

House Approves Amendment to Limit SEC’s Crypto Enforcement Authority

10.11.2023
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved an amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act that limits the authority of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to carry out enforcement actions against the crypto industry. “Gary Gensler is...

Rep. Tom Emmer proposes to defund SEC’s crusade against crypto

9.11.2023
Rep. Tom Emmer added a provision in the House GOP spending bill that would block the SEC from using government funds to pursue crypto companies until Congress weighs in on who has jurisdiction over crypto

One-third of all CFTC crypto enforcement actions took place this year: Chair Behnam

2.10.2023
CFTC chair Rostin Behnam told an audience at the Financial Industry Association Expo about the agency’s activity in the crypto space and its need for modern legislation

Gensler testimony - crypto enforcement actions driven by “wide-ranging noncompliance”

27.9.2023
SEC chair Gary Gensler is set to highlight a new focus on AI, predictive data analytics and the cryptocurrency sector before the U.S. financial services committee

Philippines SEC Collaborates With International Organizations to Strengthen Crypto Enforcement Efforts

20.9.2023
The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeks to establish a joint regulatory framework around digital assets and to crack down on bad actors who engage in illicit crypto transactions. The body has partnered with the United States SEC and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to host...

U.S. SEC’s Crypto Enforcement Chief Warns More Charges Coming to Exchanges, DeFi

19.9.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) isn’t done chasing down crypto exchanges and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects it sees as violating securities laws in the same vein as Coinbase Inc. (COIN) and Binance, said David Hirsch, head of the agency’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit

SEC's Gary Gensler to hold firm on crypto enforcement in Senate hearing

12.9.2023
Despite his agency suffering a slew of losses in the courts, Gensler is sticking to his guns at the Senate Banking Committee hearing

Today in Crypto: US Justice Department Revamps National Crypto Enforcement Team, Wormhole Releases Gateway Developed within Cosmos, Indonesia's Stock Market and Clearing House for Digital Assets Finally Operational

21.7.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________... Read More: Today in Crypto: US Justice Department Revamps National Crypto Enforcement Team, Wormhole Releases Gateway Developed within...

The US Department Of Justice Will Double Its Crypto Enforcement Teams To Combat Crimes

21.7.2023
The United States Department of Justice is set to expand its digital asset crime enforcement teams in the coming months as part of wider plans to reduce virtual-asset-related crimes. In a speech delivered on July 20, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Nicole Argentieri,...

Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin on SEC Crypto Enforcement Actions: ‘The Real Competition Is the Centralized World’

2.7.2023
Vitalik Buterin, a co-founder of Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency project by market cap, took a stance on the recent actions that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken in the field of enforcement against crypto. Buterin mentioned how projects like Solana were...