March 05, 2024
Coinbase on Tuesday told the New York federal judge who's refereeing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action brought against the cryptocurrency exchange to disregard a default judgment in another SEC case that found certain crypto trades on public exchanges to be securities transactions.
October 20, 2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeks a judgment entered against an unresponsive alleged participant in the first insider trading case involving cryptocurrency markets to be charged by the U.S. Department of Justice.
May 30, 2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday unveiled proposed settlements with a former Coinbase product manager and his brother, who are accused in the regulator's first crypto insider trading case, though neither man is expected to pay a penalty.
April 03, 2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be nearing settlement agreements in its first cryptocurrency insider trading case, according to a Monday filing resetting briefing deadlines in the case to accommodate the discussions.
February 23, 2023
A crypto trade association is saying the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is attempting to use a "back door" in the first insider trading case for digital assets to obtain a ruling that certain tokens are securities, joining industry advocates who have decried the case as an "overreach."
February 14, 2023
A crypto industry group is taking on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's so-called strategy of regulation by enforcement by filing an amicus brief in the first insider trading case dealing with digital assets.
February 06, 2023
A former Coinbase product manager and his brother accused the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday of trying to regulate the digital assets industry by enforcement and argued that its allegations of crypto insider trading are legally deficient.
January 05, 2023
Prosecutors have asked a Manhattan federal judge to sentence the first person to plead guilty to insider trading of cryptocurrencies to 10 to 16 months in prison, saying they want to make it clear that the crime will result in time behind bars despite the defense's pleas that time served and deportation are harsh enough.
January 02, 2023
The breathtaking implosion and bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the subsequent arrest of its founder showered negative attention on the largely unregulated digital asset space in 2022, prompting legal experts to forecast that more enforcement actions and bankruptcies would hit the crypto industry in 2023.
July 21, 2022
A former Coinbase manager was hit with criminal charges Thursday of participating in an insider trading scheme that allegedly netted more than $1.5 million, but the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to lob parallel civil claims quickly drew controversy.