Amen and Hallelujah.

Why SEC Registration Matters

So-called digital asset investors are betting on the efforts of the promoters and originators of these digital assets. That triggers the '33 Act.

So-called digital asset firms have coopted the nomenclature of the securities industry, calling…

Sometimes a short answer is the best answer when testifying on Capitol Hill.

youtube.com/watch?v=-kML-z…

Did You Miss The Hearing Yesterday On “SEC Enforcement: Balancing Deterrence with Due Process” Before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets? No Worries, You Can Watch a Video of the Hearing at: youtube.com/live/TKaLfF5BC…

Thanks to Chairman…

Here is a link to my written testimony
at 10:AM tomorrow before the United States House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, in a Hearing Entitled:

“SEC Enforcement: Balancing Deterrence with Due Process”…

Digital Asset News Hmm, you are probably guessing right my friend -- A sample of my thoughts this morning:

Let’s face it -- most of the cryptoverse is not the Wild West, but more akin to a Walking Dead-like post-apocalyptic anarchical free-for-all. Promoters are marketing, and the investing public…

I'm Testifying Tomorrow at 10:AM Before the United States House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, in a Hearing Entitled:

“SEC Enforcement: Balancing Deterrence with Due Process”

Link below to watch it via live-stream and to read…

Not surprising, using crypto as collateral is like hiring a Poltergeist as an airline pilot.

I really love the conspiracy theories that the US government is allowing Tether fraud to launder billions of dollars for terrorists, sanctions evasion by Iran, Russia, North Korea, human trafficking organizations, every month...

So that they can seize... a few million tethers…

U.S. Recommends a 36-Month Prison Sentence For Billionaire Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. Sentencing is Scheduled for April 30th.

In summary:

“Zhao violated U.S. law on an unprecedented scale. He led a massive financial institution that, as of 2022, processed trillions of dollars…

'Code is Law' is Nonsense (And Can Get you 20 Years in Prison)

Crypto trader Avraham Eisenberg’s fraud conviction for exploiting crypto exchange rules to steal $110 million is a devastating blow against the “code is law” argument, which has been championed by decentralized…

GM ☕

Now that Mango Markets Avi Eisenberg has been convicted for market manipulation, it sets up the stage for Justin Suns (Tethers current largest partner/money launderer), for market manipulation himself.

The SEC just filed an amended complaint.

Justin Sun is another Sam…

.Chainalysis is now sending out press releases to journalists just straight up lying that 'illicit crypto transactions have dropped to less than 1% of total activity. '

you only get that '1%' figure by ignoring almost all the crime.

see previously: davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/202…

Crypto Has Single-Handedly Revitalized The Child Sexual Abuse Industry. Stop the Madness . . .

With common sense and diligent footnoting, Alison Jimenez, a seasoned anti-money laundering expert, recently addressed crypto use in the child sexual abuse industry.

It is…

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SEC Sends Wells Notice to Uniswap. Not Surprising.

However, I am always amazed when SEC Wells Notice recipients fight back by throwing stones at the SEC with obnoxious/insulting PR campaigns, like the one Uniswap seems to have begun. Such futile attempts to rally the mob pretty…

Here’s Yet Another Reason Why The SEC Enjoys Such a Mammoth Winning Crypto-Track Record

“In some sense, the Terra result was obvious once the judge allowed the case to go forward: If you think that Terra’s tokens were securities, then of course you are going to find that Terra…