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Kraken cryptocurrency exchange logo is seen in this illustration taken July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 20 (Reuters) - Kraken, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, was sued on Monday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused it of illegally operating as a securities exchange without first registering with the regulator. In June, the SEC filed similar lawsuits against Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, and Coinbase, the largest in the United States. Monday's lawsuit seeks a civil fine, disgorgement of ill-gotten gains, and a halt to acting as a crypto exchange without registering. The case is SEC v Payward Inc et al, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No.
Persons: Dado Ruvic, Gary Gensler's, Kraken, Gurbir Grewal, Binance, Jonathan Stempel, Chris Prentice, David Gregorio, Stephen Coates Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Binance, Payward Inc, Payward Ventures Inc, Blockchain, Digital Currency Group, Hummingbird Ventures, Tribe Capital, Payward, Court, Northern District of, Thomson Locations: San Francisco federal, United States, San Francisco, U.S, Northern District, Northern District of California, New York
WASHINGTON—The Securities and Exchange Commission escalated its enforcement campaign against the cryptocurrency industry Thursday with a settlement that could imperil a lucrative activity for other major crypto firms. On Thursday, Payward Inc.’s Kraken platform agreed to stop offering so-called crypto staking services in the U.S. and pay $30 million in penalties to the SEC. Staking allows investors to earn a yield by temporarily handing their crypto tokens over to either an intermediary or a cryptocurrency network.
Digital currency exchange Kraken will close down its operations in Japan next month, in another sign of consolidation in the battered crypto industry. In a blogpost on Wednesday, Kraken said it would cease crypto trading services through its Japanese subsidiary, Payward Asia, and deregister from Japan's Financial Services Agency on Jan. 31, 2023. It is the second time Kraken has left the Japanese market. It cited a combination of "current market conditions in Japan" and a "weak crypto market globally" as the reasons behind its decision. Japanese customers will have until Jan. 31 to withdraw their fiat and crypto holdings from the Kraken platform, the company said.
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