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March 22, 2023 10:29 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/22/23652482/coinbase-crypto-securities-law-sec-wells-notice
The SEC has put Coinbase on notice for allegedly breaking securities laws
Coinbase execs revealed today that the crypto exchange has received a “Wells Notice” from the Securities and Exchange Commission, indicating that after an investigation, the agency’s staff plan to recommend some kind of enforcement action. That could include charges or lawsuits, but none of that has happened yet.
Last month, the SEC reached a settlement with Kraken over its crypto staking operation, where the company paid a $30 million fine and shut down US operations right around the same time it sent another Wells Notice to the crypto firm Paxos over its minting of the Binance USD (BUSD) token.
So what happens next? We avail ourselves of the court system to finally start to get some clarity for the crypto industry in the U.S....
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/22/23652482/coinbase-crypto-securities-law-sec-wells-notice
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