Uniswap received a Wells notice — now what?
No one outside of the SEC and Uniswap has seen the Wells notice but there are only a handful of issues that the SEC could be looking into.
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— HEX, PulseChain
Richard Heart claims SEC lawsuit infringes his free speech
Richard Heart of HEX, PulseChain, and PulseX has filed to dismiss the SEC’s lawsuit. A US judge will now rule whether the case proceeds.
Meme coins add 2017 ICO-style ‘utility’ to offerings
Although early meme coins promised no utility, hundreds of newcomers are adding 2017 ICO-style utility as a way to attract attention.
SEC website taken offline, precedes bitcoin price crash
The SEC website went offline on Thursday. Prior to the outage, bitcoin was trading around $71,200 but crashed below $66,800.
— Erik Vorhees, SEC
Everything wrong with ShapeShift’s SEC settlement
ShapeShift has settled an enforcement action related to dealing SEC-designated unregistered securities like BNB, XRP, DASH, and others.
Binance US cut 200 jobs and lost 75% revenue after SEC’s ‘near-mortal blow’
Binance US is reportedly struggling to find new banking partners and has fewer than five market makers after being partnered with 20.
Judge rules that crypto trades made on exchanges are fair game for SEC
The judge in the $1.5M insider trading case stated that despite the trades happening on Coinbase, they should still be classed as securities.
— BUZZ, Dave Portnoy
SEC busts VanEck for using Dave Portnoy to pump BUZZ ETF
VanEck has agreed to pay $1.75 million to resolve allegations that it used an influencer to promote its BUZZ ETF.
HyperVerse founder shills new crypto project hours after $1.7B fraud charge
HyperVerse founder Sam Lee appeared in a 70-minute-long Facebook video promoting his new project, the South African crypto venture VEND.
— SEC, South Korea
South Korea’s finance regulator to tap SEC for bitcoin ETF tips
The director of South Korea's FSS will visit SEC chair Gary Gensler to learn more about its recent approval of 11 bitcoin ETFs.