Real-world asset tokenization platform Securitize is one step closer to going public via a special acquisition company (SPAC) merger, after one of its filings was approved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The …
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SEC Charges Texas Man With $12.3M Crypto Fraud Using Fake AI Trading Bots
by adminby adminThe Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Texas man with running a crypto fraud scheme that raised $12.3 million from roughly 150 investors by falsely claiming to use AI-powered trading bots to generate …
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AML Crackdown Overtakes SEC Securities Cases as Top Crypto Risk, CertiK Finds
by adminby adminAnti-money laundering (AML) enforcement has overtaken securities classification as the top regulatory risk for digital asset firms, according to CertiK’s Skynet State of Digital Asset Regulations Report published Tuesday. AML-related fines exceeded $900 million …
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SEC scraps civil fraud case against crypto social network BitClout founder – DL News
by adminby adminThe SEC has scrapped a civil case against the founder of BitClout. It comes one year after the Justice Department dismissed its case against the project. The SEC has scrapped a number of lawsuits …
Taylor Lindman, the deputy general counsel at blockchain firm Chainlink Labs, has joined the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force as its new chief counsel, filling a role left by now-CFTC chair Michael …
In brief Thailand has approved changes to let digital assets back derivatives. The country’s SEC will update licenses and set contract rules with TFEX. Local observers say the reform is overdue, but warn weak …
US President Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar has signaled that the White House may have all the pieces in place for digital asset regulation following the confirmation of Michael Selig to chair the …
SEC will Consider most Crypto Assets not Securities under Federal Law
In one of its first actions since signing a memorandum of understanding with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it would interpret how “non-security crypto assets” …
Trump-linked Truth Social seeks SEC approval for two crypto ETFs
Yorkville America Equities, the asset manager behind a series of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to U.S. President Donald Trump’s Truth Social brand, has filed registration documents for two new cryptocurrency ETFs, expanding its push …
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce ‘Baffled’ That Self-Custody is Even Debated
Hester Peirce, a commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and head of the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, reaffirmed the right to crypto self-custody and privacy in financial transactions. “I’m a …