March 28, 2025
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed to dismiss crypto-focused enforcement actions against Kraken, Consensys and Cumberland DRW, solidifying a series of resolutions the firms announced earlier this month as the SEC charts a new path on crypto policy.
March 03, 2025
Crypto exchange Kraken said Monday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is also walking away from its registration suit amid a bevy of crypto case dismissals and investigation closures that have come as part of a new approach to digital asset policy.
January 24, 2025
A California federal judge on Friday partially granted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's bid to ax some of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken's key defenses to allegations it violated securities laws by offering crypto assets without proper registration, saying the case wasn't the type to implicate the so-called major questions doctrine defense.
November 18, 2024
A California federal judge on Monday refused to let the operator of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken make an immediate appeal of his order denying its motion to dismiss a suit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, saying it would only delay resolution of the case.
November 06, 2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has urged a California federal court to ax three of crypto exchange Kraken's defenses in a case alleging it violated securities laws by offering crypto assets without proper registration, arguing that the court has already rejected Kraken's claims that the agency lacks authority to bring the case and that existing law is too vague.
October 23, 2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said cryptocurrency exchange Kraken shouldn't get a quick review of its failed bid to dismiss the regulator's registration suit because the firm's "reinterpretation" of how securities laws apply to digital assets has been broadly rejected by district courts.
September 25, 2024
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken requested an immediate appeal of an order that declined to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's registration claims, asking that the Ninth Circuit weigh in on whether an alleged investment contract can violate securities laws if it doesn't represent any pact between issuers and buyers.
August 23, 2024
A California federal judge on Friday denied a bid by cryptocurrency exchange Kraken to ditch a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement suit, finding the regulator plausibly alleged that "at least some" of the digital currency transactions on Kraken's online platform constitute investment contracts.
June 20, 2024
A California federal judge said Thursday that he was not inclined to dismiss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit claiming that cryptocurrency exchange Kraken illegally operated as an unregistered securities exchange, telling the company's lawyer, "You've got your work cut out for you" to change his mind.
May 10, 2024
Crypto exchange Kraken told a California federal judge that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's theory of why token sales on public exchanges offend securities laws could lead to a "significant reordering of the U.S.'s financial regulatory structure" if the agency's enforcement action against its parent companies is upheld.