Published on: 2025-05-30 18:53:39
Ripple and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have reached an agreement to end their long-running legal battle. Following last week's news that the SEC would drop its appeal without conditions, Ripple has now agreed to withdraw its cross-appeal, Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty said on X Tuesday. The SEC will retain $50 million of the previously imposed $125 million fine — funds already held in an escrow account, Alderoty said. The remaining balance will be returned to Ripple. Addi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-10 01:00:32
Meme coins are not securities and, hence, aren't subject to federal laws regulating the financial instruments, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The agency has issued its official stance on meme coins, comparing them to collectibles, since their value is "derived from speculative trading and the collective sentiment of the market." Meme coins do not fit the definition of securities under the law, SEC said, because they do "not generate a yield or convey rights to future income
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-10 05:25:54
According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, meme coins don’t meet the requirements to be protected by federal securities law. In new guidance issued on Thursday, the SEC announced that it doesn’t view most meme coins — cryptocurrencies that originate from internet memes or cultural phenomena — as securities, and that transactions around them do not need to be registered with the commission. The SEC said it reached this decision because the coins do not “generate a yield or convey right
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The Securities and Exchange Commission issued long sought after guidance Thursday evening saying it does not deem most meme coins securities under U.S. federal law. Meme coins "typically have limited or no use or functionality" and are "more akin to collectibles," according to the agency's Division of Corporation Finance. "It is the Division's view that transactions in the types of meme coins described in this statement do not involve the offer and sale of securities under the federal securiti
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 11:06:29
In another sign that the Trump administration will be friendlier toward the cryptocurrency industry, the Securities and Exchange Commission is dropping an investigation into Robinhood. The agency has informed the company that it won’t move forward with any enforcement action, Robinhood said on Monday . In May last year, Robinhood received a Wells Notice from the SEC indicating that the agency’s staff was going to recommend enforcement action against it. The company had faced potential charges o
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 09:09:35
The Robinhood logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen against a computer screen displaying stock market graphs on Oct. 10, 2024. The Securities and Exchange Commission is dropping its investigation into Robinhood's crypto arm, the company revealed Monday. Robinhood said it received a letter from the SEC's Enforcement Division Friday, detailing in a blog post that the agency has closed its investigation into the crypto business with no intention of moving forward with an enforcement actio
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 05:13:31
Coinbase says that the SEC has agreed to end an enforcement case that accused it of illegally running an unregistered securities exchange. This could signal a major change in how the US government will enforce the crypto market now that Trump is in office. The lawsuit, which was filed during the Biden administration , has long-been considered an attempt to bring the crypto industry under the same investor-protection rules that govern stocks and other securities. Coinbase had been fighting the l
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