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“But if You Fall, You Fall Alone” – The SEC Goes After Ripple | JD Supra
Seven years after Ripple Labs, Inc. first began to sell its digital asset XRP, the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22, 2020, filed a Complaint in the Southern District of New York against Ripple and its current and former CEOs, alleging that since it began these sales, Ripple has been engaged in an unregistered securities offering through the sale of its XRP token within the United States and worldwide.
The SEC Gets its Kiks out of a Successful Application of the Howey Test | JD Supra
In a closely-watched cryptocurrency case, on September 30, the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of the SEC in SEC v. Kik Interactive, Inc., holding that the Kin tokens Kik had offered and sold through a pre-sale and ICO were securities under the Howey test.
A “Key” OCC Interpretation – National Banks Can Provide Cryptocurrency Custody Services | JD Supra
Banking regulators took a significant step toward the mainstreaming of cryptocurrency recently when the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) provided guidance about how a bank can provide custody services for cryptocurrency.
SEC Provides Temporary Relief from Certain Regulation Crowdfunding Requirements in Response to COVID-19 | JD Supra
On May 4, 2020, the SEC adopted temporary final rules, in light of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, that eased Regulation Crowdfunding requirements in order to make it easier for small businesses to raise money through regulation crowdfunding. The SEC stated that “in the current environment, many small businesses are facing challenges accessing urgently needed capital in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Orrick Hosts Fireside Chat with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce | JD Supra
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Power of the Peirce: SEC Commissioner Spends Some of Her Influence on Trying to Help Crypto Network Developers | JD Supra
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SEC Settles with BCOT on Alleged Violations of the Securities Act | JD Supra
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Reading the Blockchain Tea Leaves: Reconciling Telegram and Block.one
The juxtaposition of two recent SEC enforcement actions against token issuers may shed some light on the regulator’s evolving regulatory framework. On October 11, 2019, the SEC won a motion for a temporary restraining order from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Telegram Group Inc., the creator of Messenger, an encrypted messaging application, to halt its planned $1.7 billion “Gram” token distribution and follow-on sale.
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