{"id":477884,"date":"2022-07-26T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sec-reportedly-investigating-coinbase-over-crypto-trading\/"},"modified":"2022-07-26T04:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T01:30:00","slug":"sec-reportedly-investigating-coinbase-over-crypto-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sec-reportedly-investigating-coinbase-over-crypto-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"#: SEC reportedly investigating Coinbase over crypto trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26215f225a9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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Murphy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C_SEC_reportedly_investigating_Coinbase_over_crypto_trading%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;: SEC reportedly investigating Coinbase over crypto trading&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ongoing_dispute_over_whether_certain_digital_assets_are_actually_securities\"><\/span>\n  Ongoing dispute over whether certain digital assets are actually securities<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" 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      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating Coinbase Global Inc. over whether it has allowed the trading of unregistered securities.<\/p>\n<p> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-07-26\/coinbase-faces-sec-investigation-over-cryptocurrency-listings?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_term=220726&amp;utm_campaign=author_18874687&amp;sref=Oeyjq8by\" class=\"icon none\">Bloomberg News reported<\/a> late Monday that regulatory scrutiny has increased since Coinbase expanded the number of digital tokens it offers for trading. The report said the investigation predates a separate probe into alleged insider trading, in which a former Coinbase manager was charged last week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       The same basic issue <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to be at the root of both cases: The SEC claims some cryptocurrencies offered by Coinbase are securities, while the company says they are not. Last week, the SEC claimed nine digital assets traded by by Coinbase are actually securities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoinbase does not list securities. End of story,\u201d\u00a0Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal said in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.coinbase.com\/coinbase-does-not-list-securities-end-of-story-e58dc873be79\" class=\"icon none\">a statement<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p>Coinbase allows trading for more than 150 digital tokens, many far less well known than the likes of bitcoin<br \/>\n        BTCUSD,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/31322028\/realtime\" class=\"negative\">-4.79%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       and ethereum<br \/>\n        ETHUSD,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/108573964\/realtime\" class=\"negative\">-6.33%<\/bg-quote><span>.<\/span><br \/>\n       According to Bloomberg, if those tokens were to be declared securities, Coinbase would have to register with the SEC as an exchange. <\/p>\n<p>Coinbase shares<br \/>\n        COIN,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/225893452\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-5.30%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       are down about 73% year to date as the wider crypto market has crashed, compared to the S&amp;P 500\u2019s<br \/>\n        SPX,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/210599714\/realtime\" class=\"positive\">+0.13%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       17% decline in 2022.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Mike Murphy\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/author\/mike-murphy\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"twitter\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmmmurf\",\"text\":\"@mmmmurf\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"mailto:mmurphy@marketwatch.com\",\"text\":\"mmurphy@marketwatch.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mike_Murphy\"><\/span>Mike Murphy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><ufc-follow-author-widget product=\"marketwatch\" author-id=\"142_MW\" author-name=\"Mike Murphy\" signin-url=\"https:\/\/accounts.marketwatch.com\/login?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Fstory%2Fsec-reportedly-investigating-coinbase-over-crypto-trading-11658799040%3Frss%3D1%26siteid%3Drss\" panda-api=\"https:\/\/follow-api.marketwatch.com\"><\/ufc-follow-author-widget><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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