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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.

One More Accused in Centra Tech Fraud Investigation

April 22, 2018

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a press release regarding the investigation into Centra Tech, a company which raised $32 million through an allegedly fraudulent ICO. The release names Ra...

SEC Calls Mayweather-Endorsed Firm Fraudulent, Owners Arrested

April 3, 2018

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has halted the business operations of Centra Tech according to an official press release in which it refers to the company as a “fraudulent scheme”. The complaint is...

Steven Seagal-Endorsed ICO Receives Shut Down Order from NJ State Authority

March 8, 2018

Celebrity endorsements are nothing new in the world of product promotion, but when it comes to the ICO market, its unregulated nature makes things very complicated. Recently, the Bureau of Securities of the ...

Live Updates: US Senate Discusses Cryptocurrency Regulation

February 6, 2018

The US Senate is today holding a discussion entitled “Virtual Currencies: The Oversight Role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission”. As the name imp...

SEC Halts $1 Billion ICO of AriseBank, Discloses Criminal Background of Executives

January 30, 2018

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has halted a fast-moving initial coin offering (ICO) that was seeking to raise up to $1 billion from thousands of investors ‎to develop “‎the world’s first dece...

First Blockchain ETFs Begin Trading on NASDAQ, but Without Blockchain

January 17, 2018

Two exchange-traded funds that track and invest in the blockchain ‎ecosystem will make their debut later today, in a bid to offer investors ‎exposure to one of the most hotly-watched new technologies in years...

Bitcoin-Backed ETF Proposals Facing Regulatory Hurdles

January 10, 2018

After the successful launch of Bitcoin futures in the US market, many firms started to push for the approval of Bitcoin ETFs. But now it seems that these exchange-traded-funds will not see the light of day an...

SEC Temporarily Suspends Trading of a Blockchain Firm’s Stock

January 9, 2018

On Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) temporarily suspended the trading of the shares of UBI Blockchain Internet, a Hong Kong-based blockchain firm. Trading will be frozen until January 22. ...

New York Stock Exchange Tries for Bitcoin Futures ETFs

January 8, 2018

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has officially asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for permission to launch five new Bitcoin-related ETF funds via NYSE Arca, according to Cointelegraph. The...

The Race for First Bitcoin ETF Heats Up Again, ICE Files Application with ‎SEC

December 20, 2017

NYSE Arca, the exchange owned and operated by the ‎Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)‎‏,‏ ‎has again thrown its hat into the ring to list ‎the first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, just a few months after the US ...