SEC increased by 50% the number of cases against the crypto industry

In 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opened 30 cases related to cryptocurrencies. This is 50% more than a year earlier, follows from report Cornerstone Research. The indicator amounted to almost a quarter of the total number of law enforcement actions of the regulator for the year – 127 cases. The experts noted that the most frequent allegations against representatives of the digital asset industry by the SEC were alleged fraud (70% of cases) and unregistered securities offering (73%). In half of the cases, the regulator had claims on both counts. At the end of the year, cumulative