On August 28, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) charged Impact Theory, LLC (“Impact Theory”), a media and entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles, with conducting an unregistered securities...more
9/8/2023
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Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Transactions ,
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Investment Contract ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Token Sales ,
Unregistered Securities
In SEC v. Ripple Labs, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) alleges that Ripple Labs, Inc. and two of its executives raised over $1.3 billion through an unregistered and ongoing digital asset securities...more
7/18/2023
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Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Offerings ,
Ripple ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Unregistered Securities
On June 7, 2022, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (RFIA), a highly anticipated legislative proposal that, if enacted by Congress and...more
On March 9, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets (the EO) directing various agencies and departments of the federal government to coordinate and report on...more