SEC 50 m. padidino kriptovaliutų vykdymo veiksmus 2022 %: ataskaita 

The Securities and Exchange Commission brought a record number of crypto-related enforcement actions last year, up 50% from 2021, according to a new report from consulting firm Cornerstone Research. 

Last year’s record of 30 crypto-related enforcement actions was second only to 2020, when the SEC brought 29 such actions. The most frequent allegations were fraud and unregistered securities, the firm found. Of those 30 enforcement actions, 70% alleged fraud, 73% alleged an unregistered securities offering and 50% alleged both.  

Some of the biggest cases brought last year include the charges against a former Coinbase employee, his brother and his friend for allegedly running an insider trading scheme and another case Gruodžio against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried for allegedly defrauding investors.  

SEC Chair Gary Gensler has said that the vast majority of cryptocurrencies are securities. Lawmakers last year introduced legislation to regulate crypto, with kai kurios sąskaitos giving the Commodity Futures Trading Commission jurisdiction over the largest digital assets.  

"It seems crypto assets will likely continue to be a priority under the Gensler administration,” said Simona Mola, principal at Cornerstone Research and author of the report. Mola cited the 50% uptick in enforcement actions and the agency’s expansion of its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit.  

Increased assistance 

Mola also said an increase in assistance that the agency received from outside agencies and organizations during its crypto-related investigations was a surprising finding. Of the 127 enforcement actions from 2013 to 2022, the SEC received assistance from outside agencies and organizations in 56 actions, according to the report.  

“Under the Gensler administration, the SEC has been increasingly assisted by multiple international authorities in its cryptocurrency enforcement actions, which is likely a byproduct of the number of U.S. agencies regulating the space in addition to the SEC, but also a byproduct of the increasing complexity of certain cases that often transcend the national borders,” Mola said.  

The consulting firm has a database with crypto related enforcement actions brought by the SEC between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2022. Mola also used the SEC’s enforcement website, among other methodologies.  

Atsisakymas: Nuo 2021 m. buvęs „The Block“ generalinis direktorius ir daugumos savininkas Michaelas McCaffrey'us paėmė keletą paskolų iš įkūrėjo ir buvusio FTX bei „Alameda“ generalinio direktoriaus Samo Bankmano-Friedo. McCaffrey atsistatydino iš bendrovės 2022 m. gruodį, nes neatskleidė šių sandorių.

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