An Unnecessary, Unqualified Digital Asset Regulator
The United States Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, has once again invited itself to the digital assets oversight party for at least another year....
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Here’s What’s Actually Going on With the SEC and Republic’s STO
On Aug. 5, Republic, a platform for investing in startups, announced that it had sold out commitments for coming fundraises for its security token, Republic...
‘Crypto Mom’ SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce Voted in Until 2025
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester M. Peirce has been confirmed for a second term, lasting through 2025. The news will be...
Grayscale Ethereum Trust Files To Become An SEC Reporting Company
On August 6, Grayscale Ethereum Trust filed to become an SEC reporting company. Amidst the Ethereum (ETH) bull run, Grayscale Investments voluntarily decided to make...
With Bitcoin Gaining Ground, Is the Altcoin Season Coming to an End?
Bitcoin has finally woken from its two-month slumber, as well as interest in the number-one cryptocurrency along with it. Bitcoin futures trading is bustling again,...
Longfin Ordered to Repay $223M to Investors
A Manhattan federal judge has ruled that Longfin — a now defunct firm whose shares surged 1000% in 2017 after it bought an undervalued crypto...
STO Ecosystem Starts to Deliver on 2018 Hype
The general hype circa 2018 proclaimed security tokens as crypto’s killer app. After Bitcoin fell from its $20,000 peak in December 2017, some of the...
T-Mobile Sued Over $8.7m Stolen in SIM-Swap Attacks
Reggie Middleton, the chief executive of crypto company Veritaseum, is suing telecommunications provider T-Mobile for allegedly enabling the theft of $8.7 million worth of crypto...
Could Compound’s Governance Token COMP Be Deemed a Security?
Innovation springs eternal in the digital asset ecosystem, and with Compound’s launch of its governance token, COMP, last month, the burgeoning world of decentralized finance...
SEC Commissioner Peirce Asks ‘Who Did We Protect?’ in Telegram Shutdown
In her July 21 speech for Blockchain Week Singapore, Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce, known among the industry as ‘CryptoMom,’ spoke out on her...