Cryptocurrency-related enforcement actions undertaken by the US securities regulator considerably elevated within the six months following the chapter of cryptocurrency change FTX.
An evaluation of press releases from the Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC) and information reviews on its actions discovered that within the six months previous FTX’s collapse — the SEC undertook roughly six enforcement actions.
Within the six months after FTX’s chapter on Nov. 11, 2022, SEC crypto-related enforcement actions jumped to not less than 17, an estimated enhance of 183% from the previous interval.
The evaluation doesn’t account for the 2 current lawsuits the SEC introduced towards Binance on June 5 and Coinbase a day later.
The elevated actions, together with the current ones taken towards the 2 exchanges, has seen some observers suggesting the SEC is trying to redeem itself for failing to police FTX.
On June 7, MarketWatch reported that Republican Consultant French Hill stated the current crackdown was a “cowl your ass” transfer from the regulator and SEC chair Gary Gensler. He was talking at an occasion in Washington D.C. that day.
Let’s discuss crypto. @RepFrenchHill says to Peter Roskam and Heath Shuler that bipartisanship performed an enormous function in drafting stablecoin laws. #BHLegSem23 #BHEvents #Congress pic.twitter.com/D3B60qNgpS
— BakerHostetler (@BakerHostetler) June 7, 2023
Hill claimed as an alternative of Gensler “overseeing FTX” the SEC head was as an alternative “out bashing Kim Kardashian as a result of she’s promoted crypto on some Tremendous Bowl advert,” and stated:
“[Gensler] opened up this 12 months, in 2023, with all these enforcement actions, I believe it seems to be like [cover your ass] to me.”
Markus Thielen, the top of analysis and technique at Matrixport and creator of Crypto Titans beforehand informed Cointelegraph he believes there’s an air of “embarrassment” for many who didn’t catch the problems at FTX.
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse echoed the sentiment, claiming in a June 6 tweet that the SEC is “throwing lawsuits on the wall and hoping they distract from the company’s FTX debacle.”
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