An unexpected fact about the cryptocurrency industry - despite the bearish market trend, business for digital asset lawyers is booming. Forty-five cryptocurrency-related lawsuits were filed in the first half of this year, according to research firm Diar.
This is three times more than all the claims over the past year. Researchers from Diar believe that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made the largest contribution to the development of this trend - 30% of all cases were filed by the Commission. Last week, the SEC found violations by two cryptocurrency startups that failed to register their tokens as securities with the SEC.
Paragon and Airfox, which raised $12 million and $15 million respectively after their ICO last year, were forced to return all funds to investors, register their tokens as securities, and also pay a $250,000 fine.
The commission also set a precedent by shutting down the “decentralized” trading platform EtherDelta, since it was also not registered. The owner of the site paid the SEC a $300,000 fine.
And while cracking down on cryptocurrency scams is certainly welcome, Diar researchers note that these fines seem quite mild compared to the amounts that are usually paid in commissions for this type of fraud.
For example, in March, the SEC required Merrill Lynch of Bank of America's financial management department to pay a $1.25 million fine. for the sale of unregistered assets for $38 million.
According to thenextweb.com
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