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SEC Crypto News - Page 80
Elon Musk Defends His Tweets in Court on Taking Tesla Private at $420
By Steve Muchoki
January 19th, 2023
Musk argued in his 2018 tweets that taking Tesla private could save a lot of headaches for the company’s management.
Deloitte Set to Audit USDC Issuer Circle
By Babafemi Adebajo
January 18th, 2023
Circle reassured the USDC holders and the general public that it remained committed to transparency.
Here’s How US SEC Released Personal Information of Crypto Miners during Investigation
By Bhushan Akolkar
January 18th, 2023
The SEC has reportedly violated its own privacy act while disclosing information of miners on the Green blockchain network.
Silvergate Crypto Bank’s Net Losses Jump to $1 Billion in Q4 2022
By Bhushan Akolkar
January 18th, 2023
Silvergate Bank noted that they have initiated action to maintain the cash liquidity including the selling of debt securities and wholesale funding.
SEC Charges Genesis and Gemini for Offering and Selling Unregistered Securities
By Ibukun Ogundare
January 13th, 2023
The SEC also revealed that Genesis and Gemini generated assets worth hundreds of dollars from hundreds of thousands of investors.
Bitcoin Price Clocks Above $19K for First Time Since FTX Fiasco Fueled by CPI Data
By Steve Muchoki
January 13th, 2023
Bitcoin whales significantly contributed to the recent rally above $19K.
Morgan Stanley Eyes Bitcoin Market via GBTC and Cash Settled Futures on Its European Fund
By Steve Muchoki
January 10th, 2023
Morgan Stanley warned that the value of GBTC may drop ‘precipitously’ to zero due to regulatory changes, a crisis of confidence, a flaw, or an operational issue in the Bitcoin network.
US CFTC Charges Mango Markets Exploiter Eisenberg with Manipulation and Deception
By Steve Muchoki
January 10th, 2023
The US CFTC believes Eisenberg manipulatively inflated the value of his swap contract holdings on Mango Markets to borrow a significant amount of digital assets that he had no intention to repay.
Voyager Digital Replies to Objections Over $1B Binance.US Deal
By Ibukun Ogundare
January 10th, 2023
The latest update on the transaction between Voyager Digital and Binance.US is that the latter has argued that all the objections to the deal lack factual or legal support.
US Authorities Investigating Financial Transactions between DCG and Genesis
By Godfrey Benjamin
January 9th, 2023
The crypto winter has exposed the frailty in the business models of many companies in Web3, and the implosion of the FTX Derivatives Exchange back in November further aggravated the financial inconsistencies in Genesis and DCG as a whole.
Coinbase Stock Climbs 12% Following NYDFS $100M Settlement
By Tolu Ajiboye
January 5th, 2023
Major exchange Coinbase saw its stock rise markedly after it announced a settlement with a state financial services regulator.
SEC Slams Neil Chandran, 4 Others with Fresh Charges in $45M Blockchain Scam
By Mayowa Adebajo
January 5th, 2023
The regulator will seek to fine appropriately, all the parties involved, and recover whatever is left of the stolen investors’ funds.
SEC Puts Objection to Binance.US $1 Billion Acquisition Deal for Voyager Assets
By Bhushan Akolkar
January 5th, 2023
The SEC wants to know how Binance.US is going to facilitate such a huge transaction.
SBF Pleads Not Guilty to All 8 US Criminal Charges
By Ibukun Ogundare
January 4th, 2023
In the presence of the judge and his lawyers, Mark Cohen and Christian Everdell, SBF pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Collapse of FTX Can Bring SEC Closer to Banning Cryptocurrencies
By Bhushan Akolkar
December 23rd, 2022
The US SEC has already launched its first attack declaring that FTX’s native cryptocurrency FTT token was a security.