May 05, 2026
Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex urged a Seattle federal judge to toss a $24 million judgment entered as part of a 2023 settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, arguing that the agency has since done an "about-face" on crypto and abandoned its position that digital tokens are securities.
August 10, 2023
Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex Inc. and a foreign affiliate have agreed to pay $24 million to settle the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's claims that the Seattle-based company operated as an unregistered securities platform, and worked with token issuers to minimize evidence of investment contracts and evade regulatory scrutiny.
June 30, 2023
The international affiliate of Bittrex on Friday accused U.S. regulators of overstepping their authority by claiming the crypto exchange operated as an unregistered securities platform while attempting to draw a line between itself and the U.S. entity that's the target of the suit.
April 17, 2023
The crypto exchange Bittrex, just weeks after saying it is closing shop in the U.S., was hit Monday with a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit in federal court in Seattle that claimed the firm is an unregistered securities platform and that it worked with token issuers to "scrub" language about their assets that could draw regulators' attention.