The SEC says Mining Automatic and owner Zan Shaikh ran a crypto mining investment scheme that raised about $22 million from more than 380 investors, while most of the money allegedly went to marketing, personal spending, and unrelated expenses instead of mining.
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SEC crypto rulemaking is reportedly heading to White House review, hinting at a shift from enforcement-by-chaos to actual written rules. But don’t get too comfy: DeFi safe harbor talks could still bring strict, messy definitions of “decentralized” that hit builders hard.
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The CLARITY Act is running out of Senate runway, and if lawmakers miss July’s floor windows, crypto’s long-promised market-structure rules could slip into the legislative abyss. Between SEC-CFTC turf wars, ethics fights, law-enforcement pushback, and bank objections, this one is far from a clean win.
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Injective says it filed for SEC transfer agent registration, aiming to bring official ownership records for tokenized securities onchain. The move points to blockchain edging deeper into market plumbing — but the filing wasn’t publicly verified, so the claim deserves caution.
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The SEC has allowed NYSE Arca to raise BlackRock’s IBIT options and exercise limits from 250,000 to 1 million contracts, signaling that Bitcoin ETF trading has grown big enough to need serious market plumbing. More liquidity, more hedging — and, as always, more ways for traders to blow themselves up.
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The CLARITY Act is heading for a key Senate vote, but the real battle is over ethics, crypto power, and whether lawmakers can agree on market rules before time runs out. Supporters want regulatory clarity; critics say consumer protections still aren’t strong enough.
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The CLARITY Act is running into Senate reality checks as a July 17 hearing spotlights the fight over crypto oversight, SEC vs. CFTC turf, and whether the U.S. will finally get clear rules or keep governing by lawsuit and delay.
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The SEC’s proposed “Regulation Crypto” could finally give U.S. token projects a real fundraising rulebook, plus a path for decentralized networks to shed securities status. Supporters call it overdue clarity; critics say the agency is overstepping while Congress drags its feet.
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XRP holders didn’t just cheer from the sidelines in Ripple’s fight with the SEC — John Deaton says they helped the company hold the line. But the outcome was still a split decision: Ripple won some arguments, lost others, and still paid a steep price.
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Coinbase legal chief Paul Grewal is stepping down just as the CLARITY Bill battle hits a critical stretch in Washington. His exit marks the end of a bruising SEC-era legal fight and a shift toward Coinbase’s broader push for clearer U.S. crypto rules.
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