securities

Euroclear could finalize a new platform for securities based on distributed ledger technology as soon as this year (Mufid Majnun/Unsplash)
Euroclear May Launch Digital Bond Settlement Platform This Year, Staffer Says
The move follows interest in securities trading using central bank digital currencies.
Euroclear could finalize a new platform for securities based on distributed ledger technology as soon as this year (Mufid Majnun/Unsplash)

Airdrop
Arbitrum Shows Just How Messy (and Tricky) Crypto Airdrops Can Be
Bugs, server crashes and scammers continue to plague crypto airdrops. Will regulatory pressures be next?
Airdrop

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)
SEC Chairman Gensler Suggests Again That Proof-of-Stake Tokens Are Securities: Report
Gensler had previously argued that ether might be a security after Ethereum's transition to proof-of-stake last year.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

New York Attorney General Letitia James (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
New York Attorney General Alleges Ether Is a Security in KuCoin Lawsuit
A press release said the lawsuit was part of ongoing "efforts to crack down on unregistered cryptocurrency platforms."
New York Attorney General Letitia James (Alex Kent/Getty Images)

Avalanche
Securities Platform DEFYCA to Release Tokenized Private Debt Protocol on Avalanche
DEFYCA’s launch highlights the growing trend of bringing tokenized versions of traditional markets like debt to blockchain-based protocols.
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Gitcoin’s Owocki Says Crypto Can Regenerate the World. Just Don’t Call Him Starry-Eyed
A programmer by training, Kevin Owocki's view of securities law is not based in any formal legal training but crypto optimism, evolutionary science, economics and legal theory, with a focus on the principal-agent problem.
(Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

German Flag
No NFTs Are Securities – Yet, German Finance Officials Say
Classification of the ownership tokens as a financial instrument would imply licenses and money laundering supervision, according to regulator Bafin.
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Dapper Labs Ruling Dunks on Private Networks
A landmark ruling is bringing the NBA Top Shots creator back to court, and potentially opening up securities concerns for other NFTs.
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BD-02-24-23
Class-Action Lawsuit Accusing Digital Basketball Cards of Being Securities Allowed to Proceed
NBA Top Shot from Dapper Labs is the latest digital asset to face security scrutiny.
BD-02-24-23