Jan 21, 2025 · “I look forward to the efforts of Commissioner Peirce to lead regulatory policy on crypto, which involves multiple SEC divisions and offices,” said Acting Chairman Uyeda. “This undertaking will take time, patience, and much hard work. It will succeed only if the Task Force has input from a wide range of investors, industry participants ...

2 days ago · Trending News. FTC Announces Updates to COPPA Rule. Video Game Maker to Pay $20 Million to Settle FTC COPPA Enforcement Action. ... SEC Crypto Task Force. On the SEC side, Commissioner Hester ...

1 day ago · The events began on Jan. 21, 2025, when SEC Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda launched a crypto task force to be led by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, according to a Deloitte Heads Up release. In its press release , the SEC said that the task force’s focus is to “draw clear regulatory lines, provide realistic paths to registration, craft sensible ...

6 days ago · On Thursday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rescinded Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 121, signaling a shift in its approach to regulating crypto-assets under Commissioner Hester Peirce, who now heads the agency's newly formed crypto task force. Introduced in March 2022, SAB 121 required companies to record a liability and a corresponding asset for crypto assets held on ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Digital assets climbed on the news. Bitcoin rose about 4% Tuesday afternoon to trade around $106,400, pushing the top crypto up nearly 14% year-to-date.. Other cryptocurrencies, including ethereum ...

Jan 21, 2025 · The Trump administration took its first steps Tuesday toward an expected lowering of regulatory barriers for cryptocurrency.

Jan 21, 2025 · The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new leadership said on Tuesday it had created a task force to develop a regulatory framework for crypto assets, in the first major move by President ...

6 days ago · Premium News. Earnings. Tech. Housing. Crypto. Markets. Stocks: Most Actives. Stocks: Gainers. ... For years, the SEC’s approach to crypto has been fraught with uncertainty and enforcement-heavy ...

Jun 6, 2023 · Around 68 cryptocurrencies have been deemed to be securities by the U.S. SEC with the addition of 10 cryptocurrencies from its latest suit against Binance and Coinbase.

Nov 1, 2023 · According to the SEC’s complaint, the Defendants promised to take the price of the token “Safely to the moon,” but instead of delivering profits, they wiped out billions in market capitalization, withdrew crypto assets worth more than $200 million from the project, and misappropriated investor funds for personal use.