On Feb 7th, the SEC charged TradeStation Crypto, Inc. with selling an unregistered crypto lending service that would earn investors interest. TradeStation consented to resolve these charges and pay a $ 1.5 million penalty, with no permission to admit or deny SEC’s findings.
The product, released in 2020 offered interest-bearing crypto assets through deposit or purchase and billed as security by the SEC, saying it does not qualify for exemption from registration.
However, TradeStation stopped availing the service as of June 2022 and will terminate all its US crypto-related products on February 22.
It was Stacy Bogert from SEC who pointed out the necessity of investor protection through adequate disclosure based not in details about what the product could be but denoting importance of the label.
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