SEC Chair Says Agency Plans to Create New Rules for Crypto Tokens May 13, 2025 By Hannah Lang Paul Atkins, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, laid out his vision for overhauling the agency’s cryptocurrency policies...
New York Attorney General Urges Congress to Bolster Crypto Regulations April 14, 2025 By Hannah Lang New York Attorney General Letitia James urged lawmakers on Thursday to pass legislation to create a federal regulatory framework for...
SEC to Drop Lawsuit Against Coinbase, Firm Says February 21, 2025 By Hannah Lang and Chris Prentice Coinbase said on Friday the U.S. securities regulator planned to withdraw its lawsuit against the crypto exchange, ending a contentious...
Financial Firms Hated US Consumer Watchdog, but Rapid Unraveling Creates Limbo February 13, 2025 By Douglas Gillison, Pete Schroeder, Nupur Anand and Hannah Lang At a JPMorgan townhall meeting on Wednesday, CEO Jamie Dimon was asked whether the Trump administration’s decision to abruptly stop...
SEC Approves Bitcoin ETFs in Watershed for Crypto Market January 11, 2024 By Hannah Lang The U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday approved the first U.S.-listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) to track bitcoin, in a watershed...
Founder of Crypto Lender Celsius Network Arrested, Charged With Fraud July 13, 2023 By Niket Nishant, Hannah Lang and Elizabeth Howcroft Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, was arrested and charged with fraud, a...
Coinbase CEO Hits Back at SEC Chair After Lawsuit, Says User Funds Are Safe June 8, 2023 By Hannah Lang, Manya Saini and Niket Nishant Coinbase Chief Executive Brian Armstrong on Wednesday hit back at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler over...
U.S. Tightens Crackdown on Crypto With Lawsuits Against Coinbase, Binance June 7, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel, Hannah Lang and John McCrank The top U.S. securities regulator sued cryptocurrency platform Coinbase on Tuesday, the second lawsuit in two days against a major...
SEC Sues Binance and Founder Zhao Over ‘Web of Deception’ June 6, 2023 By Hannah Lang, Jonathan Stempel and Tom Wilson U.S. regulators sued Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao on Monday for allegedly operating a “web of deception,” piling further...
Fed Plans Broad Revamp of Bank Oversight After SVB Failure April 28, 2023 By Ann Saphir, Hannah Lang and Chris Prentice The Federal Reserve issued a detailed and scathing assessment on Friday of its failure to identify problems and push for...