SEC | ForkLog - Part 51

ForkLog 9 28.01.2022

SEC approves BSTX’s launch as a regulated blockchain-based stock trading platform

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved BSTX to operate as the country’s first regulated blockchain-based stock trading platform, according to a press release.

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ForkLog 15 28.01.2022

SEC rejects Fidelity’s bid to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected Fidelity Investments' application to register a spot Bitcoin ETF.

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ForkLog 6 23.01.2022

MicroStrategy shares fall 18% amid SEC allegations and Bitcoin slump

MicroStrategy shares fell to a year-to-date low amid an SEC letter and Bitcoin's decline.

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ForkLog 18 20.01.2022

SEC pledges tougher oversight of Bitcoin exchanges

Crypto exchanges will be the main focus for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as part of a tightening of measures against digital assets, Bloomberg reports.

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ForkLog 32 14.01.2022

Court orders SEC to disclose internal documents in Ripple case

U.S. District Judge Sara Netburn ordered the SEC to hand over to Ripple an email containing Hinman’s draft speech, in which he stated that Ethereum is not a security.

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ForkLog 18 11.01.2022

SEC fines tZERO platform $800,000

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fined the security-token trading platform tZERO $800,000 for violations of federal rules governing alternative trading systems.

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ForkLog 20 27.12.2021

Ripple supporter accuses SEC of bias against XRP

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed greater leniency toward Ethereum than toward Ripple's XRP token. This conclusion was reached by the Deaton Law Firm, led by founder John Deaton.

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ForkLog 9 18.12.2021

Former SEC chairman Jay Clayton criticised for post backing blockchain

Former chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Jay Clayton published in the WSJ blog an article titled “The Future of America Depends on Blockchain.” The crypto community criticised him.

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ForkLog 10 17.12.2021

SEC Delays Decisions on Bitwise and Grayscale Bitcoin ETF Applications

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pushed back, to February 2022, its decision on the applications of Bitwise Asset Management and Grayscale Investments for the launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs.

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ForkLog 13 14.12.2021

Gensler urges crypto exchanges to work with the SEC

Cryptocurrency exchanges perform more functions than merely facilitating trading, and may at times act against their clients. This is the view of SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, expressed in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

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ForkLog 13 10.12.2021

Lawsuit Alleges SEC Conflicts of Interest Linked to Former Officials and Ethereum

Empower Oversight, a civil-rights nonprofit, has demanded that the SEC disclose documents concerning a potential conflict of interest in the actions of former senior officials. The suit was filed in the Eastern District of Virginia.

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ForkLog 13 09.12.2021

Ripple calls SEC defence aggressive and seeks to strip it of its Deliberative Process Privilege

Lawyers for Ripple described the SEC's defence as “ultra-aggressive” and said the agency must provide justification for withholding information from the court for each document requested.

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