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SEC Goes After Coinbase, Biggest US Crypto Exchange

Move comes one day after the agency's lawsuit against an even bigger player, Binance

(Newser) - The hits keep coming for the crypto industry. One day after the SEC sued Binance , the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, the agency went after Coinbase, the biggest exchange in the US. The SEC accused Coinbase of essentially operating as a securities exchange without registering as one, reports the Wall ...

Coinbase to Pay $100M in Settlement With NY Regulators

State says it took months for cryptocurrency platform to report suspicious activity

(Newser) - New York announced a $100 million settlement with Coinbase on Wednesday over what state officials called significant failures in the cryptocurrency trading platform's systems for spotting potential criminal activity. According to the state Department of Financial Services, Coinbase's anti-money-laundering program and its system for monitoring transactions for suspicious...

Economist Who Hates Crypto Recasts a 'Moon' Prediction

With market in free fall, Peter Schiff suggests a crash landing is coming

(Newser) - The stock market f ell into a bear market on Monday, but as badly as stocks are getting hammered, the cryptocurrency sector is getting hammered even harder. The fallout continued Tuesday, as Coinbase—the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US—announced it was cutting 18% of its workforce, reports the...

Coinbase to Users: You Could Lose It All if We Go Bankrupt

But the company's CEO says there's 'no risk' of crypto exchange going bankrupt

(Newser) - Coinbase, America's largest cryptocurrency exchange, holds around $256 billion in cryptocurrencies and traditional currencies—and it alarmed some users this week when it warned that those holdings could be lost if the company files for bankruptcy. The company said "the crypto assets we hold in custody on behalf...

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