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SEC Crypto News - Page 101
In Win for Ripple, Judge Denies SEC’s Motion to Suppress Deposition of Former Official
By Sanaa Sharma
July 16th, 2021
The news comes as a relief to the Ripple community, which claims that the exchange medium can not be considered as a security.
AMC Stock Price Down 15%, Experts Predict More Pain in Future
By Steve Muchoki
July 15th, 2021
Labeled as a meme stock, AMC has significantly been fueled by social media influencers.
Capital Group Acquires 12% Stake in Bitcoin-Heavy MicroStrategy
By Steve Muchoki
July 13th, 2021
With a majority of MicroStrategy’s treasury in Bitcoin, Capital Group has increased its exposure to cryptocurrency.
Grayscale Large Cap Fund Becomes SEC-Reporting Firm
By Babafemi Adebajo
July 12th, 2021
The new development means that the fund is now required to file the 10-Qs and 10-Ks reports on a quarterly and annual basis, respectively.
Robinhood Enables More Women to Trade Crypto, Say COO
By Mercy Tukiya Mutanya
July 8th, 2021
The company’s COO revealed that the number of women using Robinhood year-on-year had increased by 369%
Barclays Payment Block Is Result of Inaccurate Understanding, Says Binance
By Kofi Ansah
July 6th, 2021
Barclays announced yesterday that it was suspending debit and credit card payments from customers in the UK to Binance, citing the FCA’s recent action against the crypto exchange.
Robinhood Seeks to Go Public on Nasdaq with Crypto Popularity Fueling Growth
By Godfrey Benjamin
July 2nd, 2021
Drawing on its growth over the years, Robinhood noted in its prospectus that many new traders choose to pitch tents with the trading platform for the first time.
SBI Holdings Encourages XRP Ledger’s NFT Use for Asset Tokenization
By Steve Muchoki
July 1st, 2021
SBI’s report also mentioned NFTs as a use case for the art community, pointing out Beeple’s $69 million record-breaking auction sale in March.
Billionaire Bitcoiner Mircea Popescu Reportedly Dead by Drowning
By Kofi Ansah
June 28th, 2021
The events occurred around 8:30 am when Popescu entered the sea to swim in the Tramonto sector, was swept away by the current, and died on the spot.
Chinese Regulatory Crackdown Forces BTCChina Out of Business
By Bhushan Akolkar
June 28th, 2021
The recent decision from BTC China comes amid the forced regulatory action from Chinese authorities to root out crypto businesses from the country.
Didi Global Expected to Close Its IPO Investor Order Books on Monday
By Steve Muchoki
June 28th, 2021
Didi Global in an SEC filing noted that it will sell up to 288,000,000 shares at a price range of between $13 and $14 in its IPO.
VC Giant Andreessen Horowitz Announces Its Third $2.2.B Crypto Fund
By Bhushan Akolkar
June 25th, 2021
With this massive move a16z aims to bring crypto to the mainstream. To expand its operations, a16z is hiring some of the top officials who have worked in the financial regulatory and tech space.
Robinhood Delaying Its IPO Plans amid Expansion of Its Crypto Business
By Patrick Kariuki
June 25th, 2021
The initial plan of Robinhood was for the IPO to be done in June but the plans stretched to July.
Bitcoin ETF Products Lift Off in Brazil and Dubai as US Stalls Approval
By Godfrey Benjamin
June 24th, 2021
While Bitcoin ETF products are growing at a fast pace in Canada, their emergence in Brazil and Dubai is a testament to the openmindedness of regulators, except those in America.
XRP Doesn’t Have to Be Security, SEC Crypto Mom Asserts
By Patrick Kariuki
June 21st, 2021
The SEC claimed that owing to the centralized nature of XRP, it automatically becomes a security thus, it is under its scope.