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U.S. Federal Regulators Turn Up the Heat on Cryptocurrency Trading Platforms

By Julia M. Ansanelli, Joshua M. Newville, Seetha Ramachandran and Samuel J. Waldon on Posted in CFTC, Enforcement Action, Exchanges, FinCEN, Regulation: Federal, SEC, Securities
With new types of digital assets and related business on the rise, federal authorities have been busy investigating.  Recently, the SEC, FinCEN and the CFTC have imposed some notable settlements involving cryptocurrency trading platforms for allegedly operating without appropriate approvals from financial regulatory authorities.  This may be the start of the next wave of government … Continue Reading

Three Critical Questions That Will (Hopefully) be Answered by the SEC’s Lawsuit against Ripple

By Timothy W. Mungovan, Joshua M. Newville and Samuel J. Waldon on Posted in Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, Digital Assets, Enforcement Action, Initial Coin Offerings, SEC, Securities
Late last year, the SEC filed a litigated action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Ripple Labs Inc. and two of its executive officers (collectively, “Ripple”), alleging that Ripple raised over $1.3 billion in unregistered offerings of the digital asset known as XRP. Ripple opted not to file a motion … Continue Reading
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