The SEC said its case against Coinbase does not meet either prong of that test: Congress, it said, has given the SEC broad and flexible power to enforce federal securities laws, ...

The SEC alleged that Coinbase has violated laws since "at least 2019" by failing to register both its cryptocurrency trading platform and its crypto asset-staking program.

SEC vs. Coinbase hinges on SEC v. W. J. Howey Co. Howey, decided by the supreme court in 1946, was a clarification of the Securities Act of 1933.

The SEC’s budget could be cut by 7% and the funding to enforce a Biden-era rule requiring public firms to disclose ...

Coinbase just scored a rare win in its battle with the SEC. Judge Katherine Polk Failla has granted the crypto exchange an interlocutory appeal, which lets the company take its case to the Second ...

Coinbase is fighting the SEC in multiple legal battles. SEC chair Gary Gensler’s term expires in June 2025. However, many believe he may exit earlier due to the outcome of the U.S. election.

The SEC sued Coinbase on June 6, saying it made billions of dollars acting as a middleman including by trading at least 13 crypto assets, or tokens, such as Solana, Cardano and Polygon that should ...

The SEC was also unimpressed with some of Coinbase’s filings, calling one of them “improper” and asking the judge overseeing the case to ignore it for now.

What happened. Shares of Coinbase (COIN 0.58%) are trading nearly 14% lower as of 10:36 a.m. ET today after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it is suing the large U.S.-based ...

The move comes following Coinbase's attempts to retrieve information through the Freedom of Information Act regarding three SEC investigations into crypto firms and entrepreneurs between 2018 and ...

On February 21, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it was dropping its case against Coinbase. In 2023, the SEC sued Coinbase for operating an unregistered exchange that ...