June 06, 2025
A Texas federal judge signed off on the end of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case against crypto promoter Ian Balina, resolving the dispute over Balina's promotion of so-called SPRK tokens amid the agency's policy pivot on digital assets.
May 01, 2025
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission moved Thursday to drop its suit over cryptocurrency influencer Ian Balina's alleged promotion of so-called SPRK tokens, about a month after Balina's attorneys said the federal regulator planned to walk away from the case.
March 12, 2025
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to drop its case over cryptocurrency influencer Ian Balina's alleged promotion of so-called SPRK tokens, his attorney said Wednesday.
August 16, 2024
A Texas federal judge on Friday granted a cryptocurrency influencer's bid to immediately appeal an adverse ruling that his promotion of so-called SPRK tokens had sufficient ties to the U.S. since the question of whether his alleged activity is beyond the reach of federal securities regulators could resolve the suit.
July 15, 2024
A crypto influencer fighting a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit has told a Texas federal judge that his bid for an immediate appeal of a ruling against him is supported by the SEC's own attempt to appeal an adverse ruling in its case against blockchain firm Ripple Labs.
July 08, 2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission urged a Texas federal court to move forward with a trial over whether a crypto influencer properly disclosed his promotion of a project, rather than wave through his bid to ask the Fifth Circuit to weigh in on whether securities laws applied to his case.
May 23, 2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission scored a partial win in a Texas federal court case in which the agency accused an influencer of unlawfully reselling and promoting cryptocurrencies to followers on social media, with a judge finding the tokens were unregistered securities and the promoter could not escape liability in the lawsuit.
September 19, 2022
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that it had reached a $35 million settlement with cryptocurrency company Sparkster Ltd. and its CEO, alleged by the agency to have conducted an unregistered securities offering.