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SEC crypto ‘overreach’ cost small investors $15B: John Deaton

According to a popular pro-crypto attorney and Senate candidate, the SEC’s overreach into the crypto industry has cost retail investors over $15 billion in losses.

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According to a prominent pro-crypto attorney and Senate candidate, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) excessive intervention in the cryptocurrency industry has resulted in retail investors losing over $15 billion.

The US securities regulator has often been criticized for its enforcement-heavy regulatory regime over the cryptocurrency industry.

The SEC should be held accountable for its actions, as its “gross overreach” cost investors $15 billion, according to John Deaton, lawyer and Republican US Senate candidate.

The pro-XRP lawyer wrote in a Sept. 13 X post:

“The SEC’s misconduct and gross overreach caused small investors over $15 billion. On behalf of those 75K small investors I represented, we do not accept the SEC’s apology.”

Source: John E. Deaton

Deaton added that he intends to hold the SEC accountable for its regulatory actions since Senator Elizabeth Warren “won’t do it.”

Deaton’s statement comes two weeks after the pro-XRP lawyer won the nomination for the US Senate in the Massachusetts primary election and is set to face off against Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren in November. 

Related: Crypto millionaire loses $43 million in Ether-Bitcoin trading bet

SEC no longer views cryptocurrencies as securities: Court filing

In a drastic shift, the SEC is seemingly backing down from its previous stance that cryptocurrencies are securities.

The SEC clarified that cryptocurrencies themselves are not viewed as securities, according to a court filing shared by Coinbase’s chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, in a Sept. 13 X post.

The SEC wrote in its amended complaint against Binance in the court filing:

“The SEC regrets any confusion it may have invited” by falsely and repeatedly stating that tokens themselves are securities.”

SEC court filing. Source: Paul Grewal

Industry participants saw the statement as an ironic shift, considering that the SEC has previously maintained that the XRP (XRP) token was a security, which was also highlighted by Deaton:

“All I asked, was for the SEC to honor the law and make clear that the token itself (XRP) was NOT the security. The lawyers at the SEC not only refused to do so, but they attacked me personally.”

On Sept. 12, the SEC settled with eToro, forcing the trading platform’s US wing to cease trading for nearly all crypto assets and pay a $1.5 million fine.

Related: Bitcoin ’anxiety stage‘ risks more September losses, but there’s a silver lining  

SEC crypto enforcement up over 3,000% since 2023

The US SEC had a record-breaking year for crypto enforcement, even before the eToro settlement.

As of Sept. 10, the SEC imposed nearly $4.7 billion of enforcement actions against crypto firms and executives in 2024, an over 3,000% jump from 2023.

The total monetary enforcement amount won by the SEC in 2024 eclipses the combined total amount between 2013 and 2023. Source: Social Capital Markets

The SEC’s record-setting year was mostly boosted by its massive $4.47-billion settlement with Terraform Labs and its former CEO, Do Kwon, in June — its “largest enforcement action to date,” according to a Sept. 9 report from Social Capital Markets.

The regulator’s 11 enforcement actions in 2024 netted a 3,018% increase from its $150.3 million worth of fines in 2023 despite taking 19 fewer actions against crypto firms.

Magazine: Binance.US scores against SEC, Mt. Gox delay repayments, and other news: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 17-23

This article first appeared at Cointelegraph.com News

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