Judge in Coinbase-SEC Case Delivers Speech in favor of Coinbase

USA’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase received a positive signal from a federal judge in its legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its Lend program.

The SEC claims that the Lend program includes the offering and sale of securities, i.e. lending contracts, and Coinbase does not register them or seek an exemption. The SEC also alleges that Coinbase misled investors about the program’s risks and regulatory status.

There has been a new development in the lawsuit between Coinbase and the SEC, and New York Southern District Judge Katherine Polk Failla made statements that the SEC would not like.

According to the conference transcript, Judge Failla expressed his skepticism about the SEC’s stance and implied that he sympathized with Coinbase’s argument.

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Citing Coinbase’s IPO record, which was approved by the SEC in April, he said it was “not crazy” for Coinbase to think the Lend program was appropriate because “that’s exactly what the SEC allowed them to do when they issued the S-1.”

The S-1 is known as an SEC form used by companies seeking to go public to register their securities with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Further, the Judge said that Coinbase and he may be “too much commenting on the release of S-1”, but that “this is what he was pointing out.”

*Not investment advice.