The SEC said its case against Coinbase does not meet either prong of that test: Congress, it said, has given the SEC broad and flexible power to enforce federal securities laws, ...

The SEC alleged that Coinbase has violated laws since "at least 2019" by failing to register both its cryptocurrency trading platform and its crypto asset-staking program.

SEC vs. Coinbase hinges on SEC v. W. J. Howey Co. Howey, decided by the supreme court in 1946, was a clarification of the Securities Act of 1933.

The SEC’s budget could be cut by 7% and the funding to enforce a Biden-era rule requiring public firms to disclose ...

Coinbase’s institutional service, Prime, its retail exchange product, and its self-custody Wallet service all offered one or more crypto asset security, the SEC said in its complaint. More from CNBC ...

Coinbase is fighting the SEC in multiple legal battles. SEC chair Gary Gensler’s term expires in June 2025. However, many believe he may exit earlier due to the outcome of the U.S. election.

The SEC sued Coinbase on June 6, alleging that the company was operating as an unregistered broker. Think of it as the NYSE and E*Trade acting as one. That is Coinbase.

The SEC was also unimpressed with some of Coinbase’s filings, calling one of them “improper” and asking the judge overseeing the case to ignore it for now.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been put on blast by a federal appeals court, which has demanded the agency justify its decision to block Coinbase’s 2022 petition for clear ...

The move comes following Coinbase's attempts to retrieve information through the Freedom of Information Act regarding three SEC investigations into crypto firms and entrepreneurs between 2018 and ...

The SEC's intention, Coinbase alleged, seems to be to evade judicial scrutiny of its decision to forego formal rulemaking and instead rely on enforcement actions to set crypto policy.