Crypto Victory: SEC Agrees To Drop Enforcement Case Against Coinbase – Details
In a positive development for the crypto industry, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to end its 20-month-long legal battle against crypto exchange platform Coinbase and withdraw the enforcement case, a shift from the agency’s previous “regulation by enforcement” approach. Related Reading: Binance CEO Expects Start Of Crypto ‘Golden Era’ Under Trump Administration […]
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US Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC) Hester Peirce has recently emphasized the need for a shift in the regulatory approach towards crypto, signaling a departure from the aggressive enforcement strategies of the past years. In a recent interview on “Bloomberg Crypto,” Peirce discussed the SEC’s ongoing review of its enforcement actions against crypto firms, highlighting […]
Coinbase has revealed that it received a total of 1,914 requests for customer data from global law enforcement agencies during the first six months of 2020. It is, however, not clear how many of the requests were fulfilled. In its first so-called“transparency report” published Friday, the U.S. crypto exchange – which boasts a user base of 38 million – said 97% of the requests had to do with criminal investigations. U.S. agencies accounted for the biggest number of requests, sending 1,113 requisitions or 58% of the total. At least 441 (23%) came from the U.K., 176 or....
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been heavily criticized for its approach to regulating the crypto sector. The criticism followed the securities regulator’s action against a former Coinbase employee in an insider trading case, in which the SEC named nine crypto tokens listed on Coinbase as securities.
SEC Slammed for Regulation by Enforcement
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been heavily criticized for taking an enforcement approach to regulating the crypto sector after the regulator charged a former Coinbase employee in an....
Representative Brad Sherman said the SEC's enforcement case against Poloniex was like going after "small fish" compared to major exchanges, which may include Kraken and Coinbase. Brad Sherman, the congressperson who previously called for banning cryptocurrencies in the United States, criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approach to enforcement among major crypto exchanges.In a Tuesday hearing before the House Committee on Financial Services, Sherman said SEC enforcement director Gurbir Grewal needed to show “fortitude and courage” when pursuing securities cases against....