#98 - Understanding the Coinbase and Binance SEC charges with Collins Belton

Law of Code

Collins Belton (@collins_belton) is the founder and Managing Partner of Brookwood P.C., a boutique transactional practice focused on serving founders, startups and emerging technology companies working on frontier technology, particularly in the digital asset space. Collins was previously Counsel at Atrium and an Associate at Wilson Sonsini.

Show highlights:

[1:40] Binance charges from SEC

[10:45] Is BUSD a security?

[23:00] Binance complaint alleging tokens are securities

[30:00] Binance asset freeze

[36:45] Coinbase charges from SEC

[44:00] Coinbase's S1 registration & staking

[48:40] Agency overreach

[56:00] Show cause orders in multiple states

[60:00] What the future holds

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