The Securities and Exchange Commission has targeted the Cayman Island-based Blockchain Credit Partners (BCP), along with Gregory Keough and Derek Acree, for selling unregistered securities from February 2020 to February 2021. $30 Million Trough Token Sales According to a recent press release, the executives allegedly used smart contracts to sell two types of tokens that...Read More
Just a few days after filing a motion to receive access to “obtain international discovery” of records belonging to Binance, US Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn has approved Ripple’s request. The documents should shed some light on the company’s XRP sales made on the exchange. Through its legal team, Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, filed...Read More
During an interview with Bloomberg, Gensler admitted that he is intrigued by the cryptocurrency space, but that wouldn’t deter him from protecting US investors via enhanced regulations on the market. Being deeply familiar with the blockchain space, as he taught DLT classes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Gensler was expected to have a...Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a temporary restraining order on a mother-son duo that embezzled more than $12 million from at least 277 investors. Throughout the years, the 86-year-old woman and her 54-year-old son promised to generate income for their clients via investing in securities and cryptocurrencies but instead swindled the funds for themselves....Read More
In its amended initial public filing (IPO) prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Popular stock trading platform Robinhood revealed that it is expecting its revenue to drop in Q3 2021 as a result of the cool-off in the trading activity of the cryptocurrency market. Robinhood Expecting Drop in Revenue With Robinhood planning...Read More
After the Bitcoin and Ethereum Trusts, Grayscale’s Digital Large Cap Fund has also filed and been approved to become an SEC-reporting product. Additionally, the largest digital asset manager has filed three more Registration Statements with the Commission. Grayscale Investments, the large cryptocurrency asset manager, filed a Registration Statement on Form 10 with the Securities and...Read More
After the US regulator postponed its decision about VanEck’s BTC ETF attempt, the watchdog has done the same with the application filed by Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital. CryptoPotato reported earlier this year when the global investment company based in NYC, SkyBridge Capital, filed with the SEC to launch a Bitcoin ETF. Should the product be...Read More
While filing for an IPO with US regulators, the popular trading platform Robinhood reported a 4% increase in revenue coming from digital assets. Interestingly, more than 30% of that came from the most recent craze in the space – Dogecoin. Dogecoin’s Rise on Robinhood Started in 2013 as a joke, Dogecoin attracted the world’s attention...Read More
Popular American rapper and actor Jayceon Terrell Taylor popularly known as The Game is currently facing $12 million charges for allegedly promoting an illegal initial coin offering (ICO). According to a recently amended official filing, he had promoted the unregistered token sale of Paragon Coin, a tech company that came under regulatory scrutiny earlier in...Read More
Robinhood, the popular crypto-friendly trading platform, has reportedly delayed its plans to go public because of scrutiny from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The agency has outlined issues with the company’s cryptocurrency-related endeavors. Robinhood IPO Delayed to June Founded in 2013, Robinhood quickly became one of the most utilized trading platforms, with over 20...Read More
Jan van Eck, the CEO of the giant investment manager, VanEck, has asserted that the firm’s customers have a growing appetite for a Bitcoin ETF. This comes amid the company’s frequent attempt to have an exchange-traded product approved in the US. During a recent interview with CNBC, van Eck spoke about the company’s plans to...Read More
The global investment manager VanEck would have to wait more to receive the SEC’s answer about its Bitcoin ETF application from earlier this year. The Commission’s second delay seeks other interested parties to weigh in on whether such a product will be sustainable. After withdrawing its previous attempts, VanEck filed another application with the US...Read More
Invesco, a U.S. investment management firm with over $1 trillion in assets under management (AUM), has joined the growing list of firms looking to launch cryptocurrency-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs). In an SEC filing on Wednesday (June 9, 2021), Invesco revealed that it was planning to launch two crypto-based ETFs. They include the Invesco Galaxy...Read More
It is one thing to go to a conference like Bitcoin Miami 2021 to hear that cryptocurrencies don’t need more legal rules, and quite another to read this argument from the pens of two recognized american legal experts and former regulators in none other than the Wall Street Journal. In an opinion piece published on June...Read More
Guggenheim Partners may invest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency assets through its latest fund called Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund. A recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed the giant’s plans to receive the exposure through cash-settled derivatives instruments. CryptoPotato reported last year Guggenheim’s filing in which the behemoth sought SEC approval to allocate...Read More
Less than a month after VanEck filed documents with the SEC to launch an Ethereum ETF, WisdomTree has done the same. The asset manager, based in New York, has previously applied for Bitcoin ETFs but to no avail so far. Founded in 2006, WisdomTree is an American exchange-traded fund and exchange-traded product sponsor and asset...Read More
Ripple has been included in CNBC’s Disruptor 50 as the #38 of most successful private companies this year —primarily due to its innovative approach towards borderless payment technology and becoming one of the largest crypto companies in the world. This year’s CNBC’s Disruptor 50 is the ninth annual list of private companies thriving amidst the...Read More
While Ripple continues with its ongoing legal battle against the SEC in the US, the payment processor has partnered with Egypt’s largest and oldest bank – the NBE. By utilizing RippleNet and the financial service provider LuLu, the National Bank of Egypt will process cross-border payments from the UAE to the African country. Ripple Brings...Read More
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alerted mutual fund investors about the risks in the Bitcoin futures market. The US agency even described the cryptocurrency as a ”highly speculative” asset. Don’t Ignore the Risks The price of the primary cryptocurrency skyrocketed during 2020 and continued its rally in the first months of 2021...Read More
Should Ripple prevail in its ongoing legal battle against the SEC, the payment processor will join the trend of crypto-related companies going public, said the CEO of SBI Group – one of the largest shareholders in the firm. During an earnings presentation call, SBI Group’s CEO, Yoshitaka Kitao, spoke about the relationship between the entity...Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused Ripple of “harassment” after its executives were granted access to internal documents from the regulatory body. The documents allegedly contain information about three currencies —BTC, ETH, and XRP, where the SEC classifies the three of them as “digital currencies.” Now the SEC wants to limit access to...Read More
The number of companies filing to receive approval to launch a Bitcoin ETF in the US continues to increase with the addition of Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital. If approved, the Galaxy Bitcoin ETF will trade on the NYSE Arca exchange. Based in New York, Galaxy Digital is a diversified financial services firm dedicated to the...Read More
A few months after it filed a lawsuit against Ripple for conducting an unregistered security offering, the SEC has done the same against another blockchain project. This time, it’s going for LBRY – a project operating a decentralized content publishing platform. $11M Worth of Unregistered Securities Offering? Based in New Hampshire, US, LBRY Inc is...Read More
Positive news for the blockchain-based payment processor Ripple, as District Judge Analisa Torres has approved XRP holders to intervene in the ongoing legal case against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Additionally, the company has acquired a 40% stake in the large Asian cross-border payments firm – Tranglo. XRP Holders to Intervene in the SEC...Read More
Major U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs has filed a prospectus with the U.S. Securities and exchange Commission (SEC) for an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that could offer exposure to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In a recent document filing, Goldman Sachs is seeking approval from the SEC to launch an ETF called the ARK Innovation ETF. According...Read More
Positive news emerged for Ripple (XRP) late last week as the blockchain giant looks to get relisted on US coin exchanges. In a historic SEC lawsuit against Ripple Labs, a judge involved in the discovery process acknowledged XRP’s viability as both a currency and utility. In the same hearing, the SEC admitted that only Ripple...Read More
More developments on the Ripple vs. the SEC legal front as the Commission has requested personal financial information of the company’s CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, and co-founder Christian Larsen. Simultaneously, the Japanese financial giant SBI Group has doubled-down on its support for Ripple by offering to pay its shareholders dividends in XRP. The SEC Seeks Personal...Read More
Nearly a year after filing a lawsuit against YouTube for failing to prevent XRP giveaway scams, Ripple Labs has settled the issue without disclosing any further details. In the other ongoing Ripple-related lawsuit, the SEC has asked Judge Analisa Torres to deny the payment processor’s motions to dismiss. Ripple Settles with YouTube CryptoPotato reported last...Read More
The SEC lawsuit against Ripple Labs continues to harm the payment processor as the company has officially ended its relationship with the international money transfer provider – MoneyGram. Nevertheless, Ripple hopes to revisit the relationship in the future, especially if it prevails against the Commission. CryptoPotato reported in late December 2020 that the US Securities...Read More
With the impending legal battle between the SEC and Ripple, the CEO of the payment processor said that XRP will endure even if the company doesn’t. Simultaneously, Jesse Powell, the CEO of the veteran US exchange, Kraken, believes that offering XRP trading carries “huge asymmetrical risk.” XRP Will Endure, Says Ripple CEO Ever since the...Read More
