SEC is ‘wrongfully attempting’ to police crypto markets: Paradigm counsel

Crypto investment firm Paradigm’s Special Counsel Rodrigo Seira has become the latest to slam the United States securities regulator, this time for “wrongfully” pursuing crypto exchange Bittrex in an attempt to police secondary crypto markets. In a July 11 Twitter thread, Seira added his thoughts after an amicus brief filing from Paradigm, arguing that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s case against U.S.-based crypto exchange Bittrex should be “dismissed” as it relies upon an unreasonable use of the Howey test to make its claims. The SEC’s lawsuit against Bittrex is…

Paradigm slams SEC’s ‘incoherent’ attempt to police decentralized exchanges

Crypto venture capital firm Paradigm has slammed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s attempt to redefine the term “exchange” — which would if accepted, bring decentralized exchanges under its purview.  On June 8, the firm sent a lengthy 14-page letter to the SEC Secretary, Vanessa Countryman, regarding the regulator’s proposed redefinition of the term “exchange” in the 1934 Securities Exchange Act. The SEC plans to revise the 89-year-old legislation to encompass decentralized exchanges (DEXes) and decentralized finance (DeFi) into the definition of “exchange.” Because the term DEX contains the word…

‘The SEC’s actions have crippled a nascent industry’ — Paradigm requests amicus brief for Coinbase

Paradigm, the crypto investment firm led by Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam, has petitioned to file an amicus brief in support of Coinbase’s case against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In March, Coinbase received a Wells notice from the SEC, potentially leading to the financial regulator taking enforcement action against the U.S.-based crypto exchange. In response, Coinbase filed a complaint against the SEC in April seeking to compel the commission to provide clear regulatory guidelines for crypto firms operating in the country. The May 10 filing from Paradigm…

SEC’s ‘brute force’ crypto regulation attempt is ‘bad policy’ — Paradigm

Criticisms of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are mounting as the agency remains unrelenting in its war on crypto. On April 21, Web3 venture capital firm Paradigm published a policy piece on the problems with SEC registration. It claimed that SEC chair Gary Gensler’s “attempt to brute force crypto assets that may not even constitute ‘securities’ into an ill-fitting disclosure framework is bad policy.” The firm, which invests hundreds of millions into crypto and Web3 startups, said the SEC fails to provide crypto asset users and investors…

Bybit and Paradigm join hands to launch USDT-margined delta-1 spreads

Bybit, a crypto exchange, has launched spreads trading on USDT-margined instruments in collaboration with Paradigm, a crypto derivatives trading platform. This partnership will allow traders to spread order books on over 30 cryptocurrencies. Bybit and Paradigm’s partnership Paradigm is an institutional liquidity network for crypto derivatives traders in centralized and decentralized financing. The platform provides traders access to multi-asset liquidity on multiple protocols without compromising execution preferences and speed. Paradigm aims to create a platform for traders to create and settle trades with anyone at any time. The Bybit and…

Paradigm Leads $7M Round for Optimism-Based Startup Conduit

Paradigm is one of the titans of the crypto venture capital industry, raising a then-record $2.5 billion for a new fund during the tail end of the bear market in Nov. 2021, which has since been topped by Andreessen Horowitz. Conduit has close ties to Paradigm – Andrew Huang is the brother of Paradigm co-founder and managing partner Matt Huang, who recused himself from the investment process. Andrew Huang also spent eight weeks as an entrepreneur in residence at the firm. Source