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5 Oct 2020, 10:50 am by Daniel Nathan
A determination of whether a financial instrument is a security based upon the Howey test depends of course upon the facts and circumstances of the particular matter. [read post]
12 Feb 2019, 6:05 am by John Jascob
Peirce reaffirmed remarks by Bill Hinman in a June 2018 speech, “Digital Asset Transactions: When Howey Met Gary (Plastic). [read post]
11 Jun 2019, 8:14 pm by Arina Shulga
  In its press release issued on June 4, 2019, Kik referred to its Kin tokens as a currency and alleged that the SEC stretched the Howey test "well beyond its definition". [read post]
19 Apr 2022, 7:33 am by John Jascob
As an initial matter, the court wrote that it needed to characterize the ID Tokens as a security/investment contract, a commodity, property, or currency. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 5:00 am by John Jascob
The trial court, however, dismissed counts four and five, concluding that the promissory notes were not securities under either the risk-capital or Howey tests adopted by the California courts.Howey test. [read post]
11 Sep 2018, 1:33 pm by Daniel Nathan
Howey Co., 328 U.S. 293 (1946), and its progeny, including the cases discussed by the SEC in its Report Of Investigation Pursuant To Section 21(a) Of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934: The DAO (Exchange Act Rel. [read post]
3 Jan 2024, 8:21 am by Unknown
Judge Rakoff of the Southern District of New York held as a matter of law that there was no genuine dispute that crypto tokens issued by Terraform were securities and investment contracts under the Howey test. [read post]
15 Jun 2018, 6:42 am by Scott H. Kimpel
He even opened the door to possible no action relief, something the staff ordinarily avoids as a matter of policy in the private placement context. [read post]
27 Mar 2020, 8:17 am by Scott H. Kimpel
According to the judge, Howey requires an examination of the entirety of the parties’ understandings and expectations. [read post]
17 May 2019, 3:00 am by Doug Cornelius
Peirce A strong enforcement program requires us—to draw from the admonition a judge recently gave to us in a matter before her—to “put on [our] reasonableness pants. [read post]
12 Apr 2022, 9:05 pm by Darian Ibrahim
  If cryptos are securities (“investment contracts” under the Howey test), they must be sold in accordance with the federal securities laws. [read post]
23 Jan 2023, 11:23 am by Unknown
Nexo settled the SEC’s charges without admitting or denying the agency’s findings (In the Matter of Nexo Capital Inc., Release No. 33-11149, January 19, 2023).SEC Chair Gary Gensler remarked on the settlement via press release. [read post]