Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency has found its way onto both the SEC's and FINRA's list of 2024 focus areas

Commission 'takes its cybersecurity obligations seriously,' Gensler claims

Today's "Commission action is cabined to ETPs holding one non-security commodity, bitcoin. It should in no way signal the Commission’s willingness to approve listing standards ...

"Today marks the end of an unnecessary, but consequential, saga"

An "analysis of 157 crypto exchanges found that 51% of the reported daily bitcoin trading volume was likely bogus"

The "flawed reasoning in the Approval Order could reverberate for years to come"

The "Petition raises issues presented by new technologies and other innovations, and addressing these important issues is a core part of being a responsible regulator ...

"I urge people who have suggestions about how the Commission can right its course on crypto and innovation more broadly, to send them my way"

The SRO details some themes in crypto-related violations of FINRA rules being seen

The SEC’s stance on crypto sales and securities laws took a hit recently with a federal judge’s mixed ruling that gave the Commission both a ...