KuCoin is one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. In March of this year, the New York Attorney General (“AG”) sued KuCoin, accusing it of failing to register with the state before letting investors buy and sell cryptocurrencies on its platform. According to the AG, an investigator from the AG’s office was able to create an account with KuCoin using a computer with a New York-based IP address to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, including popular tokens…
On April 14, 2023, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) reopened the comment period and provided supplemental information on proposed amendments to Rule 3b-16 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) which defines certain terms used in the definition of “exchange” in Section 3(a)(1) of the Exchange Act.. The reopening is primarily intended to address the significant comments received by the SEC in response to the initial proposal, many of which…
On April 17, 2023, the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission charged crypto asset trading platform Bittrex, Inc. and its co-founder and former CEO William Shihara. with operating an unregistered national securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency. It also charged Bittrex, Inc.’s foreign affiliate, Bittrex Global GmbH, with failing to register as a national securities exchange in connection with its operation of a single shared order book along with Bittrex. The complaint was filed in federal court…