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Let’s Stop Treating Crypto as If It Were Finance

Reynolds Holding

Treasury, SEC, CFTC, and CFPB appear set on regulating the crypto trading system (traded coins and associated marketplaces, exchanges, brokerages, lending, staking, derivatives, intermediaries, and enablers) as part of the traditional financial services system. Crypto and the Purpose of Finance.

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Did the FTX Bankruptcy Kill the Crypto Star?

Brian DeChesare

FTX was founded as a cryptocurrency exchange in 2019 and gained over 1 million users by 2021, becoming the 3 rd largest exchange by volume and earning over $1 billion in revenue. A normal exchange accepts customer funds, earns commissions on trades, and keeps all customer funds available 1:1 to meet withdrawals.

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How Investors React to SEC and CFTC Enforcement in Digital Asset Markets

Reynolds Holding

The realities of fragmentation are evident in the increasing competition between the major federal regulators claiming jurisdiction over digital asset markets: the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Although crypto investors treat regulation (mainly enforcement of pre-crypto U.S.

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Latham & Watkins Discusses SEC’s Strategic Plan

Reynolds Holding

On August 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a draft Strategic Plan (the Plan) for fiscal years 2022–2026. The SEC will continue to focus on investor education and outreach that addresses diverse and underserved communities as well as on emerging and popular investment topics.

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Cryptocurrency terms: A beginner’s guide to advise your clients

ThomsonReuters

Zero confirmation transaction : An exchange that has not yet been recorded and verified on the blockchain. Crypto token : Special kinds of virtual currency tokens that reside on their own blockchains and represent an asset or utility. Also called crypto assets. Security tokens represent an investment in the company itself.

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SEC Enforcement Chief Speaks on the Need to Police Crypto

Reynolds Holding

Every day I – and I’m guessing most of you – read and hear myriad jeremiads against the SEC, and Enforcement in particular, for “picking winners and losers” and “stifling innovation” in the crypto asset space. I know there are many other topics you are interested in hearing about from our panelists today. ENDNOTES. [1] 29, 2022). [5]

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SEC Enforcement Chief Speaks on the Future of Combating Corporate Fraud

Reynolds Holding

Most recently, we’ve seen these storms ravage investors in the crypto markets with the spectacular collapses of FTX and Terraform, among others. 5] But it’s not just in the crypto markets. 17] Let me finish by touching on a topic that comes up often in these conversations: individual liability. I’ll simply note they exist. [5]