Kollen Post

Kollen Post is Cointelegraph's policy editor. He specializes in mapping the intersections of regulation, law and blockchain, especially as they cross national borders. Outside of crypto, he likes languages, rock climbing and bad horror movies.

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The SEC says the trading app misled users by claiming to be commission-free while charging extra on execution prices that it got back from the market makers.

Trading app Robinhood settles SEC charges for $65 million

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2020-12-17T14:35:04+00:00

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Europe's largest economy is looking to pave the way for securities trading on the blockchain.

Germany legalizes digitized securities

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2020-12-16T19:13:24+00:00

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Robert Farkas will face the lightest felony sentence possible for his role in Centra Tech's 2017 ICO.

DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather promoted his 2017 ICO; Now, he faces a year behind bars

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2020-12-15T19:56:33+00:00

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Attorney General William Barr tendered his resignation to President Trump last night, opening up the conversation as to how a Biden-appointed successor will han...

With Bill Barr leaving the DoJ, what will the next Attorney General do about crypto?

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2020-12-15T19:10:54+00:00

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As antitrust enforcement hits Facebook and Google, the Federal Trade Commission is digging into misuse of consumer data.

US FTC digs into Big Tech's centralized reservoirs of user data

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2020-12-14T19:41:36+00:00

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The Technology Advisory Committee heard a briefing on DeFi's functionality, as well as the pros and cons of holding programmers legally liable for bad usage.

The CFTC’s tech team is trying to figure out what to do about DeFi

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2020-12-14T16:16:06+00:00

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Interview

Blockstack's ecosystem has gone beyond the firm that gave it life, argues CEO.

Blockstack's CEO looks to build a new framework for crypto securities

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2020-12-12T15:00:00+00:00

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Determining the future of who can and cannot custody crypto and how much you need to know about them remains a central topic of discussion.

Law Decoded: The war of the wallets, 12/4–12/11

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2020-12-11T22:43:29+00:00

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