Assetera, a regulated trading platform based in Austria, introduced an API that allows cryptocurrency exchanges to offer tokenized financial products like stocks and government bonds without applying for their own MiFID license. The tool is designed to plug a gap in the European market, where strict financial rules have made it difficult for crypto platforms … Read more
A federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday grilled Coinbase and the US securities regulator about their divergent views on whether and when digital assets are securities, in a case closely watched by the cryptocurrency industry. Coinbase has asked the court to dismiss the Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit alleging the largest US crypto exchange is … Read more
Coinbase said on Friday the US securities regulator planned to withdraw its lawsuit against the crypto exchange, ending a contentious years-long legal battle once considered existential for the trading platform and the broader sector. The Securities and Exchange Commission has moved quickly to overhaul its approach to policing the crypto sector under Republican leadership since … Read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is gradually shaping crypto regulations in the US following Donald Trump’s return to the White House. This week, the SEC clarified that memecoins do not qualify as securities, meaning investors are not required to register their transactions under the Securities Act of 1933. The announcement comes amid a surge … Read more
Stablecoin issuers and exchanges got a boost Friday from the Securities and Exchange Commission after the agency’s staff determined that the assets, generally, aren’t securities. That means they won’t have to be registered with the markets regulator. The determination applies as long as a crypto asset is backed by a stable currency such as the … Read more