US SEC
Report of Investigation Pursuant to Section 21(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: The DAO -- The DAO Report found that tokens offered and sold by a "virtual" organization known as "The DAO" were securities and therefore subject to the federal securities laws
by SEC (Jul 2017)
https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/investreport/34-81207.pdf
SEC vs Coinbase
Complaint (June 2023)
accused of operation of crypto exchanges, and staking programs: https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/complaints/2023/comp-pr2023-102.pdf
BRIEF OF SECURITIES LAW SCHOLARS AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF COINBASE’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADING (Aug 2023) -- law scholars in the US interprets "investment contract" and concludes that an investment contract requires contractual undertakings to deliver future value reflecting the income, profits, or assets of a business https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.599908/gov.uscourts.nysd.599908.59.0.pdf
Unchained podcast with Samson A. Enzer (a partner of Cahill ) https://open.spotify.com/episode/4CdZoep68LUdye1ZlXqmSr?si=SkNtU8QZQK66cuuUPgV8AQ
SEC vs Ripple Labs et al.
Order on motion to dismiss (July 2023) -- finding in part that Ripple Labs, Inc. did not violate federal securities law by selling its XRP token on public exchanges, but did so when directly selling to institutional investors https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.551082/gov.uscourts.nysd.551082.874.0_1.pdf
SEC vs Terraform Labs Pte. Ltd. and Do Hyeong Kwon
Opinion and order (July 2023) -- Rejected the approach of distinction taken in SEC vs Ripple
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/gdvzwygzmpw/frankel-secvterra--MTDopinion.pdf
SEC vs Kucoin
Paradigm Amicus-brief (May 2023) -- how ETH tokens themselves cannot be considered securities https://www.morrisoncohen.com/insights/morrison-cohen-files-important-amicus-brief-regarding-whether-eth-is-a-security