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Coinbase and the SEC
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- 0:00The SEC sued Coinbase. Then, the SEC
- 0:02dropped the case. This is Brian
- 0:03Armstrong. He started Coinbase in 2012
- 0:06when a Bitcoin [music] cost $10. By
- 0:082021, it was the biggest crypto exchange
- 0:10in America and listed on Nasdaq. Then,
- 0:12the regulator came. The SEC said
- 0:14Coinbase was running an illegal
- 0:15exchange, June 2023. [music]
- 0:17It sued. Most companies settle.
- 0:19Armstrong refused. He said the SEC had
- 0:21approved Coinbase going public, then
- 0:23changed its mind. He went on every
- 0:25channel. He sued the SEC back to make
- 0:28[music] it right rules. It took 2 years.
- 0:30Then, the SEC chairman who brought the
- 0:31case left office, February 2025. The SEC
- 0:35dismissed its own lawsuit. [music] No
- 0:36fine, no settlement. 3 months later,
- 0:39Coinbase joined the S&P 500, the first
- 0:41crypto [music] company ever. The
- 0:43government tried to shut him down. Now,
- 0:45he sits in the index next to Apple.
- 0:47Follow Vibe Economies for more.
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