Ex-Coinbase Manager Settling SEC’s Crypto Insider-Trading Claims

Deal ends lawsuit closely watched for its focus on which digital assets are securities

Crypto imploded in 2022, as investors lost faith in digital assets and the industry was plagued with crisis. But unlike other collapses, it has largely avoided rippling into other markets. WSJ explains how crypto became so interconnected. Illustration: Mallory Brangan

WASHINGTON—A former manager at Coinbase has reached a settlement with regulators over a novel cryptocurrency enforcement action without resolving a key question for the Securities and Exchange Commission and the crypto industry: which of the exchange’s digital assets are securities.

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