Why the SEC Is Probing Yuga Labs and Coin Center Is Suing Treasury - Ep. 407

Published: Oct. 14, 2022, 7:30 a.m.

b"Peter Van Valkenburgh, director of research at Coin Center, comes to talk about the SEC probe into Yuga Labs, how to determine whether something is a security, and Coin Center\\u2019s lawsuit against the US Treasury over the sanctions on Tornado Cash.\\xa0\\n\\nPeter Van Valkenburgh, director of research at Coin Center, comes to talk about the SEC probe into Yuga Labs, how to determine whether something is a security, and Coin Center\\u2019s lawsuit against the US Treasury over the sanctions on Tornado Cash.\\xa0\\n\\nShow highlights:\\n\\nwhether there\\u2019s an over-reliance on the Howey Test and how a token being non-fungible doesn\\u2019t mean it\\u2019s not a security\\n\\nwhat constitutes an investment contract and how it works in the Metaverse\\n\\nthe consequences for NFT holders and issuers if the NFTs are considered securities\\n\\nwhy Coin Center is suing the US Treasury over the Tornado Cash sanctions\\n\\nWho the plaintiffs are\\n\\nwhether this lawsuit differs from the one Coinbase is supporting\\n\\nhow to solve the issue of bad actors like North Korea using tools such as Tornado Cash to launder money\\n\\nthe remedy Coin Center is looking for in the lawsuit against the Treasury\\xa0\\n\\nhow long the lawsuit could take to be resolved\\n\\n\\nThank you to our sponsors!\\n\\nCrypto.com\\n\\nPeter\\nTwitter\\xa0\\n\\nSEC probe into Yuga Labs\\n\\nUnchained article\\n\\n\\nCrypTones thread on land sales\\n\\nCoin Center lawsuit over Tornado Cash sanctions\\n\\nCoin Center lawsuit and statement\\n\\n\\nUnchained article\\xa0\\n\\nCoinbase Backs Tornado Cash Lawsuit Against U.S. Treasury\\n\\nNorth Korean hacks\\n\\n\\nTreasury Press release on the sanctions\\n\\nPrevious coverage of the Tornado Cash sanctions on Unchained:\\n\\n\\nIs TRM Labs Blocking Addresses From DeFi Protocols? Ari Redbord Says No\\xa0\\n\\nTornado Cash Sanctioned. Did the Government Overstep Its Bounds?\\n\\nThe Chopping Block: Did OFAC Overstep by Sanctioning Tornado Cash?\\n\\nGiven the Sanctions on Tornado Cash, Is Ethereum Censorship Resistant?\\n\\nPreston Van Loon on Ethereum's Merge and His Lawsuit Against Treasury\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"