SEC, DOJ Investigate FTX — Regulators Suspect Crypto Exchange Mishandles Cust...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are reportedly investigating cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The crypto firm is suspected of mishandling customer funds and breaking securities laws. Regulatory probes are among the key reasons why Binance walked away from the acquisition of FTX. U.S. Regulators and DOJ Investigate Crypto Exchange FTX Several U.S. authorities are reportedly probing FTX, the embattled cryptocurrency exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are....
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and several state regulators are reportedly investigating the decision by crypto lender Celsius Network to freeze withdrawals.
U.S. Securities Regulators Investigate Celsius’ Withdrawal Freeze
The U.S. SEC and securities regulators in Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, Texas, and Washington are investigating the decision by crypto lender Celsius Network to freeze withdrawals, Reuters reported Thursday.
Texas’ director of enforcement Joseph Rotunda explained that officials representing the five state....
The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) continues to study and investigate a number of Bitcoin trading platforms. Chinese regulators have been taking an interest in Bitcoin for a while now. The attempts to exercise control over the country’s Bitcoin movement are getting more aggressive amidst the devaluation of the renminbi. In 2016, the Central Bank Beijing repeatedly interviewed relevant people from Bitcoin community to emphasize the government provisions on anti-money laundering, promotion and other issues. The trend continues in 2017 as the State Administration of Foreign....
Ontario-based bitcoin buying and selling service Canadian Bitcoins has revealed that it was the victim of an unusual attack last October that resulted in the loss of 149.94 BTC ($100,000). The Ottawa Citizen reports that an unidentified scammer contacted a technical support agent at its now former web hosting service, Granite Networks, claiming to be owner James Grant. Using only the owner's name, the thief was allegedly able to have the site reboot into recovery mode, allowing him to bypass all protections on the server. The media outlet indicates that it has obtained a text copy of the....
Crypto exchange Zipmex has planned to meet with the Thailand Securities Exchange Commission along with other regulators to discuss the recovery plan. Zipmex had recently submitted a letter which will request to schedule meetings with the security regulators. This meeting shall also include the crypto firm’s potential investors. The exchange had suspended the withdrawals in […]
Crypto exchange Coinbase has been meeting with a number of regulators to convince them that the U.S. should have just one federal regulator overseeing the crypto sector. Currently, there is a variety of different regulators in the U.S., CEO Brian Armstrong explained, noting that Coinbase has “53 regulators in just one country, the United States.”
Coinbase Wants One Regulator in the US
The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is pushing for the U.S. to have just one crypto regulator.
“We’ve met with a number of different regulators....