Why the SEC Is After Yuga Labs and What It Means for NFTs
In what will be seen as a major escalation in its crypto enforcement agenda, the Securities and Exchange Commission is said to be investigating Yuga Labs, the creators and distributors...
Archive context
Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
Why this matters
This nft story adds another data point to the current market tape and is useful when read alongside nearby source coverage.
Original source
Read on Crypto BriefingRelated market context
Hester Peirce Warns Crypto Vaults And Lending Strategies May Still Trigger Securities Rules
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has issued a new statement on crypto vaults and lending strategies, and the message is more nuanced...
SEC Enforcement Deputy Sam Waldon To Step Down As Agency Reshuffles Leadership
Sam Waldon, the Principal Deputy Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, will leave the agency on July 31, 2026, marking a...
FATF Says Crypto Travel Rule Adoption Is Rising, But Enforcement Still Lags
The Financial Action Task Force says more jurisdictions are putting crypto rules into law, but enforcement remains the weak point....
Multi-trillion-dollar offshore engine driving 90% of crypto trading arrives in America – and CME is suing to crush it
Coinbase began offering US perpetual-style futures on its CFTC-regulated derivatives exchange, starting with nano Bitcoin and Ethe...
Crypto promised to eliminate stockbrokers, but 94% of its tokenized market now relies on an Alpaca
Alpaca says it custodies more than $1.5 billion of shares backing tokenized equities, which, by public tracker measurements, would...
The $25 million Bitcoin glitch hiding inside Wall Street’s clearinghouses
Two Wall Street trading desks can hold economically similar exposure to Bitcoin and still pay materially different amounts to keep...