Monthly Archives: September 2022

SEC Fails to Resolve Confusion Over Securities and Crypto Assets

On July 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) filed a complaint against a former employee of Coinbase, a trading platform for digital assets, and two of his friends, alleging insider trading of securities. The complaint therefore identifies certain digital investment contracts as securities, a position the SEC has taken for some time…. Read more »