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Poloniex to pay $10.4 million to settle US SEC charges of operating unregistered digital asset exchange

( August 9, 2021, 13:22 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Poloniex agreed to pay $10.4 million to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission charges of operating an unregistered online digital asset exchange in connection with a trading platform that facilitated buying and selling of digital asset securities, including investment contracts, the SEC said. The platform, which was sold by Poloniex in November 2019, met the criteria of an "exchange" under securities laws, but the firm failed to register as a national securities exchange, the SEC said.Statement follows below:...

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