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On February 7, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced charges and a related cease-and-desist order (the “Order”) against TradeStation Crypto, Inc. (“TradeStation”) for failing to register the offer and sale of its crypto-lending product. In order to settle these charges, TradeStation agreed to
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Matt Stankiewicz, Partner at The Volkov Law Group, joins us for a post detailing the SEC's recent suit against Binance. Matt can be contacted at MStankiewicz@volkovlaw.com. In a complaint filed June 5, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is suing the world’s
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I recently came across a paper prepared by students from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs that delves into the benefits that cryptocurrency and the blockchain can provide to the world’s unbanked. Specifically, the paper discusses how cryptocurrencies can help with “reaching and benefitting the unbanked/underbanked
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You just can’t make this stuff up – the Justice Department, displaying its growing sophistication of the cyber world, announced it recovered most of the ransom paid to criminal hackers of Colonial Pipeline Co. (Colonial). As you will recall, Colonial’s pipeline had been the victim of a cyberattack resulting
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Matt Stankiewicz, Managing Counsel at The Volkov Law Group, joins us for a post looking into the CFTC's recent inquiry into Binance. Matt can be contacted at MStankiewicz@volkovlaw.com. On Friday March 12, Bloomberg News reported that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has opened an inquiry
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Matt Stankiewicz, Managing Counsel, The Volkov Law Group, and Michael Volkov discuss the latest events and trends within the cryptocurrency industry. Several major enforcement actions have hit the news recently, such as the CFTC’s case against BitMEX and the SEC’s high-profile action against Ripple and its XRP