On March 20, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission took a step towards clarifying its position on crypto mining activities. In a recent statement, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance provided non-binding guidance on the application of federal securities laws to proof-of-work (PoW) mining activities, stating that such activities are beyond the SEC’s purview.
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Most meme coins are not securities, and their offer and sale will not need to be registered or require an exemption from registration, SEC staff said in a clarifying statement on Feb. 27, 2025.
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Regulations amending Chapter 517 of the Florida Securities and Investor Protection Act (FSIPA) took effect Oct. 1, 2024 (the Regulations). While the Regulations revise certain existing securities and transactional exemptions from registration, one amendment imposes the bad actor disqualification provisions in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
On Aug. 15, 2024, a federal court dismissed a proposed class action against financial analysis website Seeking Alpha, Inc. (Seeking Alpha). The lawsuit was brought in July 2023 by subscribers who accused Seeking Alpha of operating as an unregistered investment adviser and unlawfully collecting subscription fees by providing investing advice and customized email
In the latest installment of its ongoing “off-channel” communications sweep, on Aug. 14, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced settlements totaling $393 million with 26 investment advisers and brokers-dealers for widespread use of texting, messaging applications, and other off-channel communications by senior executives and other employees.
On July 30, 2024, the SEC announced it had reached a settlement agreement with Western, a dually registered investment adviser and broker-dealer providing investment advice and brokerage services to retail customers, for allowing a former representative to engage in a strategy of day-trading options that the SEC contended was not in retail customers’ best interests.
On June 5, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit unanimously vacated a rule the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enacted in August 2023 that was intended to protect investors who invest in certain private funds and prevent fraud by the investment advisers to Private Funds.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Division of Examinations (Division) announced its 2024 examination priorities (Exam Priorities) in October. In 10 years of priority announcements, this is by far the earliest annual announcement; the 2023 priorities were issued in February 2023. These priorities particularly address areas of concerns based on recent examinations, and often forecast
If enacted, the Unlocking Capital Act would establish two investment professional categories—private placement brokers and finders. The legislation would allow these professionals to engage in many activities that, due to investor protection concerns, have been regulated for almost a century.
On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted the long-awaited final rule requiring that public companies disclose information about cybersecurity incidents within four business days of determining the incident is material. GT wrote about the proposed rule shortly after it was released in March 2022. For context, Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw noted, in