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SEC chair suggests openness to crypto bills that don’t ‘inadvertently undermine securities laws’

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United States Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler supports legislation that gives the Commodity Futures Trading Commission greater authority over crypto — seemingly if it doesn’t step on the SEC’s toes. In written remarks for a Thursday program hosted by the Practising Law Institute, Gensler encouraged intermediaries in the crypto space as well as crypto security token projects and potentially stablecoins to register with the SEC, reiterating his “come in and talk to us” approach. According to the SEC chair, the “vast majority” of the roughly 10,000 tokens on…

Crypto Doesn’t Need More Guidance, SEC Chair Gensler Says

“It doesn’t matter what you hand over to a platform, if you hand over gold, if you hand over bitcoin [BTC] or you hand over any one of 1,000 plus alternative coins, frankly, if you hand over chinchillas. That the platform is taking those funds of value and doing something with it – they might be operating a hedge fund, they might be lending it out, they might be operating other investment schemes – but that platform is under the securities laws book because of how they’ve taken that money…

Thai SEC files police report on Zipmex, alleging ‘incomplete’ info for compliance procedures

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Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has accused crypto exchange Zipmex and its co-founder Akalarp Yimwilai of non-compliance with local laws and referred the matter to the police. In a Wednesday announcement, the Thai SEC alleged Zipmex had not provided information on digital wallets and crypto transactions in compliance with the country’s Digital Assets Act. The regulator claimed that both Akalarp and the exchange forwarded incomplete information outside of an approved timeframe without providing a “reasonable cause” or excuse. “Such actions by Zipmex and Mr. Akalarp are considered to…

Bybit Exchange Banned by the Brazilian SEC From Provisioning Securities

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Bybit, the Singapore-based crypto exchange, has been banned from brokering securities by The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM). The CVM enforced the suspension of ByBit’s “public provision of any securities intermediation services, directly or indirectly, including through the use of websites, applications, or social networks” to Brazilians in a declaratory act released on Monday. The Brazilian SEC claimed that Bybit was looking to raise funds from local investors via securities investments without being cleared to act as a securities intermediary. So far, securities can only be offered by B3…

Brazilian SEC seeks to change its role in cryptocurrency regulation

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The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly pursuing changes in the country’s legal framework with regard to its regulation of cryptocurrencies.  According to local media, one major concern is that the bill in question does not appear to consider tokens as digital assets or securities — and they therefore wouldn’t fall under SEC regulation. The updated position of the nation’s SEC follows the appointment of a new board and the increased relevance of the crypto sector in the country’s financial services. Brazilian lawmakers have been working on regulations for…

Thailand SEC to apply strict guidelines for crypto ads

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will implement stringent advertising rules for cryptocurrency firms operating in the country by October 2022. The Thai SEC informed cryptocurrency-related businesses operating in the country via email that adverts concerning digital currencies must have clear investment warnings to consumers on Sep. 1. The statement was later posted on the SEC website. The Securities regulator has instituted the new standards for cryptocurrency-related adverts in response to a number of marketing campaigns that have neglected to include investment risk warnings. The new standards will require adverts…

CFTC and SEC open comments for proposal to amend crypto reporting rules for large hedge funds

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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, have called for comments on a proposal which would require large advisers to certain hedge funds to report exposure to crypto. In a joint proposed rule published to the Federal Register on Sept. 1, the SEC and CFTC established a 40-day comment period for amendments to Form PF, the confidential reporting document for certain investment advisers to private funds of at least $500 million. The proposal suggested qualifying hedge funds report exposure to…

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The SEC Provides More Regulatory Clarity

Zcash, horizen and stellar might be securities, according to new regulatory filings. We’re starting to get even more clarity about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s efforts to bring the cryptocurrency sector in line with its existing regulations. Source