Offshore Crypto Platform KuCoin Agrees to Pay Nearly $300 Million for Failure to Register as Money Transmitting Business

In an action originated by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Seychelles-based crypto platform Peken Global Limited (known as KuCoin) pled guilty to operating an unlicensed money... Read more »

SEC Rescinds Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 (SAB 121) on Crypto Custody Accounting

The SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 122 (SAB 122), rescinding Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 (SAB 121), under which the SEC had recommended that an obligation to safeguard crypto assets held for platform... Read more »

SEC Announces Formation of Crypto Task Force

The SEC announced the launch by SEC Acting Chairman Mark T. Uyeda of a crypto task force dedicated to developing a “comprehensive and clear regulatory framework for crypto assets.” In the US.... Read more »

Van Loon v. Department of the Treasury: Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court Ruling on Sanctions Against Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed and remanded the ruling of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, in Van Loon v. Dept. of the... Read more »

Post-Election Analysis: Implications for Crypto and Digital Assets

The 2024 election is widely projected to have a major impact on crypto and digital asset regulation in the US. This Update explores the implications. Source link Read more »

New Crypto Bill Introduced to Facilitate Joint SEC and CFTC Regulation of Digital Assets

Congressman John Rose of Tennessee introduced the Bridging Regulation and Innovation for Digital Global and Electronic Digital Assets Act (BRIDGE Digital Assets Act) which proposes forming a joint advisory committee (JAC) between... Read more »
SEC Charges Florida Crypto Firm on Interest Earning Features

SEC Charges Florida Crypto Firm on Interest Earning Features

On February 7, a Florida-based cryptocurrency company agreed to settle charges brought by the SEC and the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation alleging that, an interest-earning feature offered on the... Read more »

SafeMoon Crypto Leaders Charged For Allegedly Defrauding Investors of Millions

In another criminal cryptocurrency fraud case, SafeMoon CEO Braden John Karony has been arrested in Provo, Utah in a federal fraud case. SafeMoon founder Kyle Nagy and CFO Thomas Smith have also... Read more »

NYC Attorney General Levels Major Fraud Lawsuit Against Crypto Firms

The New York attorney general filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing three major cryptocurrency players of lying to investors and concealing losses in a $1 billion fraud scheme, Ephrat Livni reports for the... Read more »
FTX Trial And Binance Turmoil Are Just The Latest Trouble For Crypto

FTX Trial And Binance Turmoil Are Just The Latest Trouble For Crypto

Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images It’s hard to imagine cryptocurrency’s reputation sinking much further. Every day seems to bring a new reputational low. In much-anticipated news, the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried,... Read more »
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