Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee and the House Committee on Agriculture requested clarification from the SEC as to whether the Ethereum token, Ether, is a security.
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A DeFi Fund and an apparel company sued the SEC to prevent it from taking any action against the clothing company's recent "airdrop" of tokens. They argued that the SEC "has adopted an aggressive and expansive view of its own authority to regulate virtually all digital assets and transactions involving digital assets."
The SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued guidance on Division activities in the event of a government shutdown.
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."
At a House Financial Services Committee hearing titled "Importing Global Governance: Examining the Dangers of Ceding Authority Over American Financial Regulation," witnesses from the principal banking agencies testified on the interactions between the regulators and global regulatory bodies.