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We’ve all heard the siren song of the NFT craze. Digital art being sold for millions, instant fortunes, a democratization of art and finance! Sounds amazing, right? If we’re being honest, these days it’s more of a ghost town than a gold rush. Why? The NFT space is the Wild...

So have big players like OpenSea, the leading NFT marketplace. In addition, they recently made an official request to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to exempt NFT marketplaces from federal securities laws. The firm has been urging the SEC to issue detailed guidance on this matter. Their focus,...

This is why OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace, recently implemented a ban. As such, they made an official request to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that NFT marketplaces not be regulated in the exact same way as normal securities exchanges or brokers. This request comes at a time of...

For their part, OpenSea has been at the forefront of the fight against SEC regulation. The corporation recently claimed that its own non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace doesn’t meet the definitions of an exchange or broker according to existing securities regulations. The company maintains that the regulatory framework designed for traditional...

OpenSea is fighting the notion that it would be subject to regulation as a broker under the Exchange Act. The company maintains that its non-fungible-token (NFT) marketplace does not need to be regulated like a traditional securities exchange. The company has gone to great lengths to make sure users know...