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The Current Securities Landscape of Cryptocurrencies and NFTs

Reynolds Holding

1] Under the Supreme Court’s Howey test, an offering is an “investment contract” if there is a transaction or contract where “a person invests his money in a common enterprise and is led to expect profits solely from the efforts of the promoter or a third party.” [2] District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) In Friel v.

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Did the FTX Bankruptcy Kill the Crypto Star?

Brian DeChesare

Mainstream news sources have already covered the story extensively, so I want to take a different angle and comment on how “the smart money” fell for this scam and what it could mean for careers in finance. Based on these numbers, it seems highly unlikely that FTX customers will recover much of their money. It raised over $1.8

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SEC Chair Gensler Speaks on Crypto Markets

Reynolds Holding

Amongst crypto-only exchanges, the top five platforms make up 99 percent of all trading, and just two platforms make up 80 percent of trading. 3] Similarly, the top five DeFi platforms account for nearly 80 percent of trading on those platforms. [4]. Even fewer, if any, are actually operating like money.

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Venture Capital and Startup Fundraising in 2022: A New Environment

Lighter Capital

In their quest to secure financing, burgeoning businesses are running a gauntlet of challenges — from global supply-chain bottlenecks to cryptocurrency cratering to careening inflation numbers. Almost daily, unicorns were created, and it was not unusual to see some achieve a $10 billion valuation. Valuations. Interest rates.

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Let’s Stop Treating Crypto as If It Were Finance

Reynolds Holding

Crypto trading is wholly unconnected to the productive purpose that defines finance: helping businesses, individuals, and governments raise, save, transmit, and use money for socially and economically useful ends. The answer is simple. Crypto trading also shares a “closed loop” structure with gambling.

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SEC Chair Gensler Testifies Before U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee

Reynolds Holding

We are the destination of choice for companies seeking to raise money in both public and private markets. On top of that, around the globe, central banks have started to transition from an accommodating to a tightening policy stance. The FY23 budget request would support FTE levels of 10 percent above FY21. ENDNOTES. [1]

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Enforcement Chief Speaks on the “Why” of SEC’s Work

Reynolds Holding

In a few moments, my Enforcement Division colleagues will talk to you about the “what” of our work — in other words, the issues that are top of mind for us. 10] The same survey found that a whopping three-quarters of Americans who have heard about crypto do not believe that it is reliable and safe. [11] Howey Co. , See , e.g., SEC v.