SEC, states fine BlockFi $100M; crypto lending product declared a security
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Aaron Nicodemus2022-02-14T19:15:00
BlockFi Lending agreed to pay $100 million in penalties as part of a first-of-its-kind case in which the Securities and Exchange Commission declared a type of cryptocurrency lending product should be registered as a security.
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