The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied Coinbase's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings in the SEC's case against the exchange, allowing the SEC to proceed with its lawsuit. The SEC alleges that the Coinbase operates as an unregistered exchange, broker and clearing agency.
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The SEC was sanctioned for presenting false and misleading evidence in obtaining a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against a crypto firm. Judge Robert J. Shelby delivered the ruling, calling the SEC's actions toward the crypto firm a "gross abuse of power."
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ordered the SEC to "correct defects" in its final rulemaking on issuer repurchase disclosures.
The SEC entered into a Stipulation of Partial Dismissal, approved by the District Court of the Southern District of New York, to dismiss in their entirety, charges filed by the SEC against two of the Ripple defendants for engaging in unregistered distribution of securities in violation of Securities Act.
The D.C. Court of Appeals vacated the SEC's disapproval of NYSE Arca's proposal to allow the listing and trading of shares of Bitwise Bitcoin ETP Trust and Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, both of which held bitcoin.