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0 CommentsDEXes are not securities exchanges, argues crypto venture firm Paradigm. Crypto venture capital firm Paradigm has slammed the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s attempt to redefine the term “exchange” — which if accepted, would bring decentralized exchanges under its purview. On June 8, the firm sent a lengthy 14-page letter to the SEC secretary, Vanessa Countryman,…
24 ViewsGensler argued that securities laws helped prevent stock market scams once they were passed in the 1930s and can benefit the crypto market of today. In a June 8 speech at the Piper Sandler Global Exchange & Fintech Conference, United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler compared the current crypto market to the 1920s…
25 ViewsCommonwealth Bank executive James Roberts cited a huge scale of “investment scams” involving crypto exchanges. Commonwealth Bank (CBA), the largest bank in Australia, has said it will decline or temporarily hold certain payments to cryptocurrency exchanges, citing the risk of scammers. The move comes amid two major global exchanges facing a lawsuit from the United States securities…
24 Views“Every major player has been sued by the SEC except for FTX,” several members of the crypto community have noted. The United States securities chair has hinted at “parallels” between crypto exchange Binance and collapsed exchange FTX — namely their alleged use of sister firms to move funds. Speaking to Bloomberg on June 6, the…
23 ViewsBrian Armstrong and CZ have seen respective net worth losses of 11.8% and 5.1% since the SEC sued Coinbase and Binance. The net worths of Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) have suffered heavy blows due to recent lawsuits by the United States securities regulator. Armstrong’s net worth was slashed by…
32 ViewsTotal daily trading volumes on decentralized exchanges have surged by nearly $800 million over the past two days. The median trading volume across the top three decentralized exchanges (DEX) jumped 444% in the past 48 hours as crypto investors reeled from the United States securities regulator’s recent legal actions against cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Binance….
