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RWAs are benefiting from increasing US crypto regulatory clarity, which has pushed the tokenization sector past $23 billion.
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto News
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) serves as a cornerstone of United States financial regulation, ensuring fair markets and protecting against fraud. The emergence of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) challenged established norms. Despite initially not interfering in the crypto space, the SEC intervened during the 2017 to 2018 initial coin offering frenzy, asserting securities laws on tokens like The DAO (DAO).
Key legal battles followed, including halting the Telegram Open Network and suing Ripple for unregistered XRP (XRP) sales. In a significant move, the SEC sued Binance in June 2023, alleging unregistered securities sales, implicating prominent tokens such as Solana’s (SOL), Cardano’s (ADA), Polygon’s (MATIC), Filecoin (FIL), Cosmos (ATOM), The Sandbox (SAND), Decentraland (MANA), Algorand (ALGO), Axie Infinity’s (AXS) and Coti (COTI). Coinbase also faced charges related to its staking service.
These actions reverberated globally, as nations often model their regulations after the U.S., highlighting the SEC’s international impact. Through its interventions and legal battles, the SEC shapes the future of crypto regulation, ensuring the integrity of digital markets and influencing global financial landscapes.
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The SEC sued Keith Crews in 2023 alleging he ran a crypto fraud scheme, but he failed to answer the complaint, leading a judge to hand a default win to the regulator.
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Securities and Exchange Commission chair Paul Atkins told a Senate subcommittee that his approach to crypto “will be done through notice and comment rulemaking, not through regulation by enforcement.”
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Coinbase has argued that a securities lawsuit from Oregon’s attorney general should be heard in federal court because it’s an attempt to “invade the province of federal law.”
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Critics say the US regulator's new stance on crypto staking contradicts past enforcement efforts and court rulings, deepening confusion over how digital assets are regulated.
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The SEC’s 2025 guidance aims to bring clarity and a more structured regulatory framework to the digital asset space.
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The SEC responded shortly after the issuers filed effective registration amendments for staked SOL and Ether exchange-traded funds.
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The SEC said protocol staking isn’t a securities transaction, marking a key win for crypto regulation and paving the way for potential ETF staking approval.
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has backed the guidance, saying it gives clarity to stakers, while her peer Caroline Crenshaw claims it ignores existing laws.
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Hester Peirce, head of the SEC's crypto task force, said the context of a digital asset transfer could make it a securities transaction.
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The SEC and Binance have filed a joint motion to end a nearly two-year legal battle in the agency’s latest backdown from its prior crypto enforcement actions.
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The DeFi Education Fund and Uniswap argue that the SEC should treat decentralized autonomous organizations as individuals, not as companies.
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Ripple argued in a letter to the SEC that fungible cryptocurrencies are not securities in secondary transactions.
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Nasdaq has filed with the SEC to list 21Shares spot Suit ETF, jumpstarting the agency’s review of the proposed listing.
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Major banking groups want the Securities and Exchange Commission to rescind a rule that requires public companies to report cybersecurity incidents to the public within four days.
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