Securities regulators oppose special treatment of crypto in Coinbase case By Cointelegraph

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Digital assets should not be seen as “somehow special,” nor should action against Coinbase (NASDAQ:) be seen as “novel or extraordinary,” argues an association of North American securities regulators.

In an Oct. 10 filing in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York supporting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) argued that digital assets need not be given any special treatment when it comes to applying securities laws.

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