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Crypto.com Sues SEC, Chair Gary Gensler After Receiving Wells Notice

The case seeks to prevent the SEC from "unlawfully expanding its jurisdiction" to cover secondary-market sales of certain network tokens sold on the exchange.

Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek during a 2022 interview (Crypto.com)

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Delaware Judge Approves FTX Estate’s Bankruptcy Plan

Most FTX creditors will get all their money back in cash, and then some.

John J. Ray III, CEO of FTX Group (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

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UAE Exempts Crypto Transactions From Value Added Tax

The update in the law applies retrospectively from Jan. 1, 2018.

16:9 UAE dirham (Pixelline studios/Pixabay)

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HBO Is Joining Search for Bitcoin's Satoshi. Past Attempts Haven’t Turned Out Great.

A new documentary claims to unmask the creator of Bitcoin.

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Coinbase to Delist Unauthorized Stablecoins in EU by December

Tether, which is the largest issuer of stablecoins, doesn't have the necessary e-money license yet in the European Union.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

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CFTC Subcommittee Sends Up Recommendations for Letting Firms Use Tokenized Shares as Collateral: Bloomberg

BlackRock and Franklin Templeton could see tokenized shares of their money-market funds traded as collateral by the end of the year.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission would be granted far-reaching authority over crypto trading and regulation in a new Senate bill. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Australia's Police Confiscates Crypto Worth $6.4M in Crackdown on 'Ghost' Messaging App

Operation Kraken has nothing to do with the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, the company said.

Sydney Opera House in Australia (Stanbalik/Pixabay)

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SEC Files Notice of Appeal in Case Against Ripple

A federal judge ruled last year that the SEC had not made its case that Ripple violated securities law by selling XRP to retail customers through exchanges.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Kevin Dietsch/Getty and Scott Moore/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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SEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal Is Leaving the Agency

Deputy Director Sanjay Wadhwa will take over for Grewal as acting enforcement chief.

SEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing $38M in Crypto Via ‘Cyber Intrusion’

Evan Light, 21, faces up to 40 years in prison for his role in the crime.

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