Coinbase (COIN) Drops 10% As CEO Discloses Absurd SEC Request
After a shocking revelation by CEO Brian Armstrong, Coinbase, the Nasdaq-listed crypto exchange, saw its share price plummet by more than 10%. The reason: a controversial request from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) prior to the lawsuit against Coinbase. The SEC’s demand? That Coinbase halts trading in all cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin.
SEC Coinbase demand would have meant ‘end of crypto in the US’
According to Armstrong, “We said, well how are you coming to that conclusion, because that’s not our interpretation of the law. And they said, we’re not going to explain it to you, you need to delist every asset other than bitcoin.”
My italics. That's racketeering.
Note also that ETH was not excluded from the blanket coins-are-securities gambit.
As I have said many times, look at the history of the Eurodollar market in Europe, and especially in London, to see many parallels with crypto in the USA. Also note that the potential profits in international finance mean that it is nothing new to see jurisdictions being quite brutal with their local currency, yet totally lax as other currencies slosh around their financial system.
The only "shocking" thing here is their admission that ETH is a security - the rest is just banksterism.
Selling Bitcoin Based Stocks!
https://en.bitcoinsistemi.com/selling-bitcoin-based-stocks/
But not recently.
$XRP: Former SEC Lawyer Applauds Judge Rakoff’s Decision, Says There Will be More Rejections of Judge Torres’ Decision
https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2023/08/xrp-former-sec-lawyer-applauds-judge-rakoffs-decision-says-there-will-be-more-rejections-of-judge-torres-decision/
This always looked to me like a finesse.
So, crypto is NOT too big to fail!
full opinion pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.594150/gov.uscourts.nysd.594150.51.0.pdf