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With the surging popularity of digital assets, the crackdowns by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission are also growing simultaneously. In the past few quarters, over 100+ crypto-based firms have battled a lawsuit by the SEC.&nbsp;
Recent data states that crackdown and enforcement actions against the firms providing crypto services grew by 3,000% in 2024 compared to 2023. One of the most significant actions by the SEC was a $4.47 Billion settlement with the collapsed Terraform Labs and Do Kwon at the end of Q2, 2024.&nbsp; Social Capital reports that from 2013 to 2024, the SEC has collected $7.42 billion in fines; however, 60% ($4.68 billion) of this amount was collected in 2024. The reported total fine in 2023 was $150.26 Million, which reached $4.68 Billion in 2024 with a massive growth of 3018%.&nbsp; 
The report further adds that the total fine collected by the SEC is from 11 crypto-based firms. Terraform Labs &amp; Do Kwon has been struck with the highest fine in crypto history, followed by the fine imposed on Telegram and Ton User Inc. in 2019.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The U.S. SEC fined Ripple Labs Inc. in 2021 with a fine of $125,000,000 for selling XRP as an unregistered security. John Barksdale and JonAtina Barksdale were fined by the SEC $102.64 Million over the charges of a fraudulent ICO that falsely promised high returns through a crypto trading platform.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Market News Updates&nbsp; 
In an X post dated September 06, 2024, Durov Pavel, the founder of Telegram, announced that the total number of premium users on the platform had reached the milestone of 10 Million.&nbsp;
🎉 Telegram has reached 10 million paid subscribers. 10 million people are now enjoying Telegram Premium!🆕 Today, we’re introducing new features while phasing out a few outdated ones.⛔️ We’ve removed the People Nearby feature, which was used by less than 0.1% of Telegram…— Pavel Durov (@durov) 
The same post adds that the platform is removing some old features, such as the People Nearby feature allegedly used by scammers and other bad actors, amounting to 0.1% of total telegram users.&nbsp;
“We’ve also disabled new media uploads to Telegraph, our standalone blogging tool, which seems to have been misused by anonymous actors,” the post additionally quotes.&nbsp;
As per the data from CryptoSlam(dot)io, CryptoPunks#3968 is sold for $1,278,397.13 (550.00 ETH), making it the NFT sold for the highest price followed by Paraluni Perpetual Bond #886 traded for $129,337.&nbsp;&nbsp; Crypto Market Price Updates 
When writing, the <a href="https://news.todayq.com/uk-crypto-market-sees-decline-in-registrations-fca-reports/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">cryptocurrency </a>market capitalization was $2.01 Trillion, with a surge of 3.80% in the past 24 hours. Despite intraday growth, the market cap is 3.50% down weekly and more than 6.50% in the past 30 days.&nbsp;&nbsp;
As of writing, Bitcoin trading prices were 1.20% down compared to the previous trading session, trading at $56,822. BTC’s press time trading prices are below 20, 50, 100, and 200 days EMA.&nbsp;
Popcat, Fantom, Bittensor, Dogwifhat, and Aave top the intraday gainers’ list. However, the loser list is led by Helium, followed by Gala, Monera, PayPal USD, and Starknet.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The fear and greed index powered by CoinMarketCap is at 46, reflecting neutrality. Although the week earlier, the meter constantly mirrored fear and bear dominance.&nbsp;&nbsp;
In the past 24 hours, Tether was one of the most traded, followed by Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDC, and First Digital USD.&nbsp;

SEC’s Crypto Crackdown Reaches $4.68 Billion in 2024- Report

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