Attorneys defending the co-founder of Terraform Labs, Do Hyeong Kwon, also known as Do Kwon, have presented their argument that says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has no jurisdiction in the matter. The legal team asserts that U.S. law precludes regulators “from ...Read More

The 44-page PowerPoint presentation to federal banking regulators was clear and direct: Letting companies pay their chief executives in stock that the CEOs could sell while still working for the companies risked disaster. Years of research showed that the existing structure for paying Wall ...Read More

The crypto world is debating the SEC’s proposed amendments to exchange regulations, which could impose additional burdens on crypto platforms and hamper innovation, according to Commissioner Hester M. Peirce (aka “Crypto Mom”). The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on April 14 that it is ...Read More

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is hiring general attorneys for its crypto enforcement division in New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, according to a job posting. The call for attorneys to join the regulator’s Crypto Asset and Cyber Unit, or CACU, comes after ...Read More

United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler says the regulator is spread thin and needs additional funding to keep up with the “increased complexity in the capital markets.” United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has thrown his support behind U.S. ...Read More

The cryptocurrency trading platform Beaxy announced Wednesday it will shut down due to a lawsuit from the Securities and Exchange Commission accusing it of skirting federal law, becoming the latest firm to be ensnared in a wide-ranging crackdown on allegedly illegal crypto activity. TIMELINE ...Read More

Leaders of the Senate’s banking committee on Thursday warned former chief executive officers at the failed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank that they expect them to testify before the panel, saying in a letter to each: “you must answer for the bank’s downfall.” The committee is examining ...Read More