Ripple's RLUSD Crashes 54% After Surge in Volume: What's Behind Drop?

Ripple's RLUSD Crashes 54% After Surge in Volume: What's Behind Drop?

Ripple USD stablecoin volume crashes hard, but this is not full story

The SEC Continues to Relax Its Crypto Policy and Drop Cases

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published several statements this quarter on whether certain crypto activities are within its domain. In the latest of those statements, published on April 4, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance declared that it does not consider the sale and offer of certain "covered stablecoins" to involve the sale and offer of securities. Such stablecoins are tied to the price of the U.S. dollar, readily…

SEC Says Stablecoins not Subject to Securities Laws

After undertaking a legal analysis, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance concluded “that the offer and sale of Covered Stablecoins, … do not involve the offer and sale of securities within the meaning of [the Securities Act or the Exchange Act].” The full update can be found here on our US Regulatory Intelligence platform.

US SEC says some stablecoins aren’t securities

The SEC came in the form of a review of agency statements on digital asset risk and an announcement that certain stablecoins are not securities. The post US SEC says some stablecoins aren’t securities appeared first on CoinGeek.

A&O Shearman Discusses SEC Staff Position on USD-Backed Stablecoins

On April 4, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) issued a statement addressing the status of certain stablecoins under the U.S. securities laws. The statement concludes that a narrow class of USD-backed, fully reserved, non-yield-bearing stablecoins (“Covered Stablecoins”) do not involve the offer or sale of securities. In other words, the SEC staff’s view is that issuing or redeeming these particular stable…