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Securities and Exchange Commission v. Coinbase, Inc. et al

  1. April 15, 2024

    Coinbase Wants 2nd Circ. To Weigh Crypto's Howey Question

    Crypto exchange Coinbase has asked a Manhattan federal judge to send the question of whether digital assets meet the definition of investment contracts to the Second Circuit, challenging a March order that found the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had adequately pled that the platform offered securities.

  2. March 27, 2024

    Coinbase Denied Early Victory Over SEC Enforcement Action

    A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday rejected crypto exchange Coinbase's bid to defeat the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's claims that it operated as an unregistered securities exchange, broker and clearing agency.

  3. March 05, 2024

    Coinbase Asks Judge To Ignore SEC Win Over 'Empty Chair'

    Coinbase on Tuesday told the New York federal judge who's refereeing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action brought against the cryptocurrency exchange to disregard a default judgment in another SEC case that found certain crypto trades on public exchanges to be securities transactions.

  4. January 17, 2024

    Judge Voices 'Fear' Of Fallout From SEC's Coinbase Case

    The Manhattan federal judge overseeing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's registration case against crypto exchange Coinbase drilled attorneys on Wednesday about how their arguments around securities law precedent and the major questions doctrine could create openings for other unintended legal challenges.

  5. January 04, 2024

    SEC Invokes Terraform Win In Binance, Coinbase Cases

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday argued that a recent favorable ruling in its enforcement case against crypto project Terraform Labs bolsters its claims that crypto exchanges Binance and Coinbase ran afoul of securities laws.

  6. January 01, 2024

    Crypto White Collar Cases To Watch In 2024

    The coming year will see the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission battle with crypto exchanges over how securities laws apply to digital assets, while federal prosecutors will be focused on holding crypto firms and executives responsible for vast compliance failures that happened under their watch.

  7. January 01, 2024

    SEC Enforcement Cases To Watch In 2024

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division is facing a number of decisive court battles this year, from an anticipated U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could severely limit its use of its in-house court system, to possible decisions in headline-grabbing litigation over cybersecurity breaches, cryptocurrency sales and insider trading. Here, Law360 breaks down the enforcement cases and controversies to watch in 2024. 

  8. October 24, 2023

    Coinbase Says SEC Theory Is 'Irreconcilable' With Law

    Coinbase told a New York federal court Tuesday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's allegations that crypto tokens listed on the platform are unregistered securities has stretched the definition of investment contracts to a point that's "irreconcilable" with decades of case law.

  9. October 11, 2023

    State Regulators Back SEC's Howey Theory In Coinbase Case

    A coalition of North American securities regulators voiced their support for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's claims that certain assets and services supported by crypto exchange Coinbase are investment contracts, saying the SEC's theory is consistent with its earlier public messaging and that of other state securities regulators.

  10. October 03, 2023

    SEC Says Tokens On Coinbase Met 'Essence' Of Securities

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission argued on Tuesday that Coinbase can't escape its claims that it failed to register as a securities exchange since the assets listed on the crypto marketplace meet the "essence" of an investment contract under securities laws.

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