BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, Travers Thorp Alberga
A bitter taste for Eisenberg as SEC and Mango Markets file lawsuits
On 20 January 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Avraham Eisenberg with orchestrating an attack on Mango Markets,...
The SEC catches up with the Kardashians
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced charges and settlement against Kim Kardashian, best known for her family's...
Does the SEC regulate all of Ethereum now?
Following on from last week's news of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) lawsuit against crypto influencer Ian Ballina for an...
A lot at stake with interest bearing staking products
Coinbase has issued a statement saying that it is currently being probed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its...
Gensler alludes to SEC's next moves in educational video on crypto exchanges
SEC Chair Gary Gensler has released an "educational" video on digital currency exchanges once again touting the "obvious" need to have...
Grayscale takes SEC to Court over spot bitcoin ETF
Grayscale, a bitcoin investment trust, has failed in its attempt to convert its Bitcoin Trust, known as GBTC, into an exchange-traded...
SEC considering action as it probes BNB sale
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have commenced an investigation into whether Binance Holdings Limited (Binance) breached...
BlockFi blocked from offering interest products to interested US customers
The world of CeFi has been growing massively, and centralised exchanges, which hold substantial amounts of customer's crypto, have been...
SEC attempts to cast its net too wide to include Automatic Market Makers into exchange definitions
The SEC has published a proposal to amend alternative trading systems regulation, followed fast-behind by an exacting dissent from...
Stablecoins as securities? Gensler continues to "crack down" on crypto without clear reason
During a recent hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler has continued to...
Judge Not Cutting Ripple Slack Over Internal Messages
In the ongoing lawsuit between Ripple and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ripple Labs has been ordered by United States...
SEC Targets Uniswap Labs
The United States' Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation into Uniswap Labs, the company behind the...
SEC delves into DeFi
With the reported DeFi market capitalisation of $133 billion and rising, it is unsurprising the SEC has announced moves to try and...