Press Releases

Official announcements highlighting recent actions taken by the SEC and other newsworthy information.  To view Press Releases prior to 2012, view the Press Release Archive.

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SEC Crypto 2.0: Acting Chairman Uyeda Announces Formation of New Crypto Task Force 2025-30
BarnBridge DAO Agrees to Stop Unregistered Offer and Sale of Structured Finance Crypto Product 2023-258
BlockFi Agrees to Pay $100 Million in Penalties and Pursue Registration of its Crypto Lending Product 2022-26
Commissioner Hester Peirce Announces Crypto Task Force Staff 2025-49
Crypto Asset Trading Platform Bittrex and Former CEO to Settle SEC Charges for Operating an Unregistered Exchange, Broker, and Clearing Agency 2023-150
eToro Reaches Settlement with SEC and Will Cease Trading Activity in Nearly All Crypto Assets 2024-125
Former Coinbase Manager and His Brother Agree to Settle Insider Trading Charges Relating to Crypto Asset Securities 2023-98
Kraken to Discontinue Unregistered Offer and Sale of Crypto Asset Staking-As-A-Service Program and Pay $30 Million to Settle SEC Charges 2023-25
Nexo Agrees to Pay $45 Million in Penalties and Cease Unregistered Offering of Crypto Asset Lending Product 2023-11
On the Road: SEC Crypto Task Force to Host a Series of Roundtables Across the U.S. 2025-102
SEC Adds Fraud Charges Against Purported Cryptocurrency Company Longfin, CEO, and Consultant 2019-90
SEC and CFTC Reschedule Joint Event on Harmonization, U.S. Financial Leadership in the Crypto Era 2026-14
SEC and CFTC Staff Issue Joint Statement on Trading of Certain Spot Crypto Asset Products 2025-110
SEC and CFTC to Hold Joint Event on Harmonization, U.S. Financial Leadership in the Crypto Era 2026-13
SEC Announces Agenda, Panelists for Roundtable on Crypto Custody 2025-65
SEC Announces Agenda, Panelists for Roundtable on Crypto DeFi 2025-78
SEC Announces Agenda, Panelists for Roundtable on Crypto Trading 2025-61
SEC Charges 17 Individuals in $300 Million Crypto Asset Ponzi Scheme Targeting the Latino Community 2024-35
SEC Charges Abra with Unregistered Offers and Sales of Crypto Asset Securities 2024-105
SEC Charges Alleged Crypto Company NovaTech and its Principals and Promoters with $650 Million Fraud 2024-95
SEC Charges Avraham Eisenberg with Manipulating Mango Markets’ “Governance Token” to Steal $116 Million of Crypto Assets 2023-13
SEC Charges Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX 2022-234
SEC Charges Creator of CoinDeal Crypto Scheme and Seven Others in Connection with $45 Million Fraud 2023-2
SEC Charges Creator of Global Crypto Ponzi Scheme and Three US Promoters in Connection with $295 Million Fraud 2022-201
SEC Charges Crypto Asset Trading Platform Bittrex and its Former CEO for Operating an Unregistered Exchange, Broker, and Clearing Agency 2023-78