BlockFi Settlement: Yield-Bearing Crypto Product Enforcement
Analysis of the SEC's million settlement with BlockFi over its crypto lending product — securities classification of yield-bearing accounts, the Investment Company Act violations, and implications for DeFi lending protocols.
SEC Crypto Enforcement by the Numbers: 2017-2026 Data Analysis
Quantitative analysis of SEC digital asset enforcement actions from 2017 to 2026 — case volumes, penalty amounts, enforcement categories, litigation outcomes, and trend analysis across successive SEC administrations.
SEC Enforcement Actions Against DeFi Protocols
Analysis of the SEC's enforcement approach to decentralized finance protocols — the Uniswap investigation, Tornado Cash sanctions, governance token classification, and the regulatory challenge of enforcing securities laws against decentralized software.
SEC Enforcement Actions Targeting NFT Sales
Analysis of SEC enforcement actions against NFT issuers — the Impact Theory settlement, Stoner Cats cease-and-desist, and the analytical framework for determining when NFT sales constitute unregistered securities offerings.
SEC International Cooperation in Crypto Enforcement
Analysis of the SEC's cross-border enforcement cooperation for digital asset cases — IOSCO coordination, mutual legal assistance treaties, foreign regulator partnerships, and the jurisdictional challenges of enforcing U.S. securities law against offshore token issuers.
SEC v. LBRY: Utility Token Enforcement Precedent
Analysis of the SEC's enforcement action against LBRY Inc. for unregistered sales of LBC tokens — the utility token defense, First Circuit precedent, remedies analysis, and the chilling effect on blockchain content platforms.
SEC v. Ripple Labs: The Landmark Digital Asset Securities Case
Comprehensive analysis of the SEC's enforcement action against Ripple Labs over XRP sales — Judge Torres' bifurcated ruling, the institutional vs. programmatic sales distinction, remedies phase, appeal prospects, and precedential impact on the tokenized securities industry.
SEC v. Terraform Labs: Algorithmic Stablecoin Enforcement
Analysis of the SEC's enforcement action against Terraform Labs and Do Kwon — the UST/LUNA collapse, securities fraud charges, the jury verdict, and implications for stablecoin and algorithmic token regulation under the Howey test.
SEC Whistleblower Program and Crypto Enforcement
Analysis of the SEC whistleblower program's role in digital asset enforcement — award statistics, tip volumes for crypto-related violations, whistleblower protections, and the program's growing importance in identifying unregistered token offerings.
The ICO Enforcement Wave: 2017-2020 SEC Actions
Historical analysis of the SEC's enforcement campaign against Initial Coin Offerings — key cases including DAO Report, Munchee, Paragon, Airfox, and the pattern of settlements that established the Howey test digital asset precedent.
The Wells Notice Process for Digital Asset Companies
Analysis of the SEC Wells notice process applied to digital asset companies — procedural rights, response strategies, settlement negotiation, and the decision to litigate versus settle in crypto enforcement actions.