🇺🇸SEC Rebuts 🏦 Coinbase's Attempt to Get Appeals Court to Answer Key Crypto Question
U.S. regulators said an appeals court shouldn't heed Coinbase's request to review how – or if – conventional securities rules apply to cryptocurrencies. Coinbase, the largest U.S. crypto exchange, filed for permission to ask the Second Circuit Court of Appeals if the Howey Test, a longstanding Supreme Court assessment for securities, should apply to digital assets. Coinbase hopes it doesn't. Coinbase hasn't successfully argued this is needed, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday.
🇺🇸SEC Rebuts 🏦 Coinbase's Attempt to Get Appeals Court to Answer Key Crypto Question
U.S. regulators said an appeals court shouldn't heed Coinbase's request to review how – or if – conventional securities rules apply to cryptocurrencies. Coinbase, the largest U.S. crypto exchange, filed for permission to ask the Second Circuit Court of Appeals if the Howey Test, a longstanding Supreme Court assessment for securities, should apply to digital assets. Coinbase hopes it doesn't. Coinbase hasn't successfully argued this is needed, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday.
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Dump Scam in Leaked Telegram Chat
A leaked Telegram discussion by 50 so-called crypto influencers has exposed the extraordinary steps they take in order to profit on the back off unsuspecting defi investors. According to a leaked screenshot of the chat, an elaborate plan to defraud defi investors using the worthless “$Few” tokens had been hatched. $Few tokens would be airdropped to some of the influencers who in turn promoted these to unsuspecting followers on Twitter.
