The SEC’s recent statement about qualified custodians shows the federal agency is still puzzling out important questions for the crypto space.
New regulations take time to allow for public feedback, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said at CoinDesk's Bitcoin for Advisors conference.
Companies can now raise more money under three key securities exemptions without having to register with SEC.
William Hinman, the director of the SEC’s division of corporation finance, is planning to leave the agency later this year.
The company had failed to file any reports with the commission since Dec. 31, 2019.
The Kin Foundation says both itself and the Kin token have survived the recently resolved court battle with the U.S. SEC over a 2017 ICO.
Kik will pay $5 million in penalties as part of a proposed settlement with the SEC, which sued the messaging app last year.
Increased interest in the crypto space will necessitate a more-accommodative stance, the commissioner predicted.
While Peirce steered clear of commenting on specific DeFi projects like SushiSwap, she pointed out that issuers of governance tokens do have to think about how they share characteristics with equities.
John McAfee allegedly received $11.6 million in bitcoin and ether for pumping ICOs in 2017 and 2018.
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton expressed an openness to a tokenized exchange-traded fund.
A federal judge has ruled Kik's 2017, $100 million token sale violated U.S. securities law, and wants to see a proposal for refunds.
Thomas J. Gity allegedly told his 18 investor's he'd never ended a trading day in the red.
The SEC has confirmed it is taking action against SALT Lending after ruling the company's $47 million ICO was an illegal securities issuance.
The man is alleged to have fleeced 2,200 victims in the U.S. and 45 other countries, netting $3.5 million via payments in bitcoin and other digital assets.