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The vast majority of the orders placed through EtherDelta's
platform were traded after the SEC had issued its 2017 report,
in which the agency concluded that certain digital assets were
securities and that exchanges that offered trading in these
digital assets would be subject to the SEC's registration rules.
EtherDelta offered trading of various digital assets and failed
to register or seek an exemption, the SEC found. (https://bit.ly/2JOZGAx)
"This is a significant action by the SEC because it is the first
enforcement action again an illegally operating exchange," Dina
Ellis Rochkind of the New York law firm Paul Hastings LLP said
in an email.
"If you are trading securities – which most ICOs are – they must
be traded on a registered Alternative Trading System or National
Exchange. This will likely be the first of many enforcement
actions and think the following sentence is interesting,"
Rochkind said.
Coburn consented to the order and agreed to pay $300,000 in
disgorgement, along with $13,000 in prejudgment interest and a
$75,000 penalty, though he has not admitted or denied the SEC's
findings.
(This story removes extraneous words from quote.)
(Reporting by Bharath Manjesh and Michelle Price in Washington;
Editing by Anil D'Silva)
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