2024

April

Pro-crypto lawyer John Deaton&nbsp;will file an amicus brief&nbsp;in support of&nbsp;Coinbase’s&nbsp;motion for an interlocutory appeal. 
According to Fox News reporter Eleanor Terrett, Deaton will file an amicus brief today, April 26. 
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In the review, Deaton highlights the urgent need for legal clarity regarding digital assets, highlighting the U.S.&nbsp;SEC’s&nbsp;inconsistent approach to regulation and&nbsp;its detrimental impact&nbsp;on industry participants. 
As evidence, the lawyer cites court cases such as <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/Ripple/" target="_blank" rel="">Ripple</a>, <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/LBRY/" target="_blank" rel="">LBRY</a>, and <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/Telegram/" target="_blank" rel="">Telegram</a>, as well as previous <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/sec/" target="_blank" rel="">SEC</a> statements on cryptocurrency and letters from various regulators and legislators expressing concerns about the&nbsp;regulator’s&nbsp;actions, Terrett noted. 
Deaton criticized the&nbsp;SEC’s&nbsp;lack of consistency, including its changing stance on whether crypto tokens are themselves securities. 
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 “Bitcoin is certainly distinguishable from other cryptocurrencies&nbsp;but&nbsp;claiming&nbsp;it’s&nbsp;not a security unlike other tokens because it&nbsp;doesn’t&nbsp;have an ecosystem, is just plain dumb.” <cite>John Deaton, pro-crypto lawyer and Massachusetts Senate candidate</cite>
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Deaton has been involved in cryptocurrency-related lawsuits, including filing a 2021 petition challenging the&nbsp;SEC’s&nbsp;lawsuit against Ripple,&nbsp;a security.&nbsp;Deaton <a href="https://crypto.news/elizabeth-warren-crypto-john-deaton-senate/" target="_blank" rel="">announced</a> his candidacy for the U.S. Senate earlier this year and <a href="https://crypto.news/lawyer-john-deaton-knocks-sec-after-coinbase-rejection/" target="_blank" rel="">criticized</a> SEC Chairman Gary&nbsp;Gensler’s&nbsp;handling of the crypto industry. 
Coinbase <a href="https://crypto.news/coinbase-seeks-appeal-sec-case-crypto-classification/" rel="">filed</a> an appeal in two courts in April to challenge part of its ongoing litigation&nbsp;with the <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/sec/" target="_blank" rel="">SEC</a>. The company asked a higher court to consider whether a digital asset transaction that does not impose any obligations to the original issuer of the asset should be considered an investment contract, which would be regulated by the SEC. 
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