The SEC’s Bittrex complaint showcased internal messages as evidence that the firm did not care about standard guardrails for investors
Highlights
- SEC says Bittrex co-founder and employees knew they were breaking U.S.
- securities laws.
- SEC filed a complaint against the company on Monday.
- The SEC alleges the firm helped sell tokens they knew could qualify as security investments.
- The firm is accused of failing to follow established rules and laws governing exchanges.
- It is the latest in a string of regulatory actions that have used internal communications from the companies themselves to help build cases against the companies, including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s suit against Binance and others.
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