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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government.

The SEC holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws, proposing securities rules, and regulating the securities industry, which is the nation’s stock and options exchanges, and other activities and organizations, including the electronic securities markets in the United States.

SEC Accuses Ohio Man Of Defrauding Investors Of More Than $33 million In Crypto-Assets

February 12, 2020

An Ohio man has been charged by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for his alleged role in defrauding investors of more than $33 million in crypto-assets. According to the complaint f...

S.E.C. Warns Initial Exchange Offerings (IEOs) May Be Illegal

January 15, 2020

Following the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) crackdown on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), the commission has now turned its attention to Initial Exchange Offerings (IEOs). Yesterda...

Kraken Rejects 28% Of Law Enforcement Information Requests In 2019

January 7, 2020

Popular San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has demonstrated its compliance credentials by revealing how many times it has cooperated with global law enforcement agencies. In a 6th January...

S.E.C. Demands Telegram Disclose How It Spent $1.7BN Raised In I.C.O.

January 3, 2020

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a court order compelling messaging platform Telegram to release details of how it spent $1.7 billion it raised with its ICO on 2nd January 20...

SEC Considering to Distribute $1.4 Million to PlexCoin Victims

January 3, 2020

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday asked for court permission to distribute $1.4 million collected from the fraudulent PlexCoin ICO to its investors. This came after the market regul...

Crypto ETF Foiled: Cboe Withdraws Bitcoin ETF Proposal

January 23, 2019

The race to launch cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds stumbled once again as Cboe BZX Exchange shelved its proposal for a coveted bitcoin ETF license, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (S...

Again?! SEC Postpones Decision on CBOE Application to list Bitcoin ETF

September 21, 2018

The SEC has published an official statement saying that it is postponing its decision on the approval of the CBOE’s application to be able to trade shares of the SolidX Van Eck Bitcoin ETF (Exchange Traded Fu...

Hope Remains: SEC to Review Rejected Bitcoin ETF Applications

August 24, 2018

FortuuneZ reported earlier this week that the SEC rejected another round of Bitcoin ETFs this past Wednesday. Now, the commission says that it will place the three applications (from Proshares, GraniteShares,...

CBOE Global Markets Applies for New Bitcoin ETF License

July 9, 2018

United States regulator, the Securities Exchange and Commission (SEC), has received an application for a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) license from Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Global Markets. W...

SolidX Teams Up with VanEck to Launch Physically-Backed Bitcoin ETF

June 6, 2018

SolidX Partners Inc, a blockchain technology company, is giving its cryptocurrencies initiative another shot. SolidX, in collaboration with money management firm VanEck, today filed with the U.S. Securities a...