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Charles Schwab Calls CLARITY Act a ‘Fundamental Catalyst’ as White House and Thune Clash Over Timing

Charles Schwab, which manages $13 trillion in client assets, is calling the CLARITY Act a “really important fundamental catalyst” that “needs to pass” even as Senate Majority Leader John Thune…

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SEC Agrees to Overhaul Recordkeeping After Settling Coinbase Lawsuit Over Gensler’s Lost Texts

The US Securities and Exchange Commission went on a blatant war against the cryptocurrency industry in the past couple of years of Gary Gensler’s tenure, especially following the loud collapse…

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Ripple’s Schwartz Says SEC Treated XRP Like a Security Despite Calling the Crypto ‘Just Code’

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz says the SEC effectively treated XRP as a security despite acknowledging the crypto token was not inherently one, challenging a former SEC attorney’s interpretation of…

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3 Years After The Key Ripple-SEC Ruling: How XRP Went From SEC Target to Institutional Asset

It has been three years since Judge Analisa Torres delivered her landmark ruling that Ripple’s programmatic sales of XRP on crypto exchanges did not constitute securities transactions. This decision remains…

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Trump Requested Democratic SEC Candidates, but No Names Arrived, White House Says

A White House letter dated July 9 says President Donald Trump sought Democratic candidates for Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) vacancies before Senate Democrats accused the administration of leaving bipartisan…

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