Sec news and trends

CFPB Director Nomination Tops Trump’s Picks to Lead Financial Regulators
Regulation // February 12, 2025

Three weeks in, President Donald Trump’s second term has been anything but quiet. There was a blizzard of executive orders in the first week, covering everything from pausing a TikTok ban to reversing President Joe Biden’s artificial intelligence rules to renaming the Gulf of Mexico,...

SEC Pauses Binance Prosecution Amid New Crypto Landscape
Legal // February 11, 2025

The SEC reportedly wants to put its case against the world’s biggest crypto exchange on hold. That’s because the financial regulator wants to wait as the Trump administration develops a digital asset framework, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Feb. 11), citing a court filing by the...

Crypto’s Green Light? SEC Pledges ‘Common Sense’ Rules
Cryptocurrency // February 05, 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is changing its tune on crypto, and the industry is thrilled. On Tuesday (Feb. 4), the SEC’s Crypto Task Force went live, ushering in a new era for the Web3 space. Putting an exclamation point on the change of heart, last...

Kraken Revenue More Than Doubled During 2024 Crypto Boom
Cryptocurrency // January 31, 2025

Last year’s cryptocurrency boom was very good news for the Kraken exchange. The company’s revenue more than doubled in 2024 from $671 million to $1.5 billion, Bloomberg News reported Friday (Jan. 31). “This is what we look at, this is how we hold ourselves accountable,” Arjun Sethi, co-CEO of the...

Interviews & Exclusives
FinTech IPO Index Gains 3% as Katapult Shares Vault Higher on Q4 Originations

January 17, 2025
Earnings season is officially here as the big banks weighed in this week. Although the quarterly reports have yet to come through for the denizens of the FinTech IPO Index, there was a notable bit of earnings-related news that sent the stock of Katapult soaring, up more than 49%. Katapult’s 4Q Update The company said […]

The Three Most Important US Crypto Policies to Watch This Year

January 07, 2025
The 119th U.S. Congressional session has begun, and the digital asset sector is hoping there will soon be favorable and clear regulatory guardrails for cryptocurrency markets and stablecoins. During his...

November Issuer Data Extends Trend of Rising Credit Card Charge-Offs

December 17, 2024
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings from several card issuers offer up a mixed portrait of the U.S. consumer in November. Delinquency rates were lumpy, though down a bit from...

A Pro-Crypto President: What Trump 2.0 Holds for Blockchain’s Future

November 06, 2024
The price of bitcoin hit a new all-time high Wednesday (Nov. 6), and America elected a new president. The two are far from unrelated. Following the projected victory of Donal...

Quick Reads
Judge Grants Request for 60-Day Hold on SEC Lawsuit Against Binance

February 13, 2025
A federal judge reportedly granted a joint request by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and cryptocurrency exchange Binance to put the SEC’s civil lawsuit against the company on hold. The hold will last for 60 days, Reuters reported Thursday (Feb. 13). It was reported Tuesday (Feb. 11) that the SEC, Binance and Binance Co-founder Changpeng Zhao submitted a joint motion […]

SEC Pauses Binance Prosecution Amid New Crypto Landscape

February 11, 2025
The SEC reportedly wants to put its case against the world’s biggest crypto exchange on hold. That’s because the financial regulator wants to wait as the Trump administration develops a...

Kraken Revenue More Than Doubled During 2024 Crypto Boom

January 31, 2025
Last year’s cryptocurrency boom was very good news for the Kraken exchange. The company’s revenue more than doubled in 2024 from $671 million to $1.5 billion, Bloomberg News reported Friday (Jan. 31). “This is...

Kraken Resumes U.S. Crypto Staking Following SEC-Ordered Shutdown

January 30, 2025
Kraken says it is bringing its crypto staking offering back to the U.S. The exchange, which shut down its U.S. staking service in 2023 following a settlement with the SEC,...