Will Bittrex pay a $24 million fine?

May 29-31, 2024 - Austin, Texas The biggest and most established global event for everything crypto, blockchain and Web3. Register Now Crypto exchange Bittrex settled charges of offering U.S. investors access to unregistered securities on Thursday, agreeing to pay a $24 million fine within two months of filing a liquidation plan for the exchange.

Did Bittrex fail to register with SEC?

Aug 10 (Reuters) - Bittrex has agreed to pay $24 million to settle claims by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the cryptocurrency exchange failed to register with the agency, according to a filing in Seattle federal court on Thursday.

Was Bittrex an unregistered broker?

As alleged in the SEC’s complaint filed on April 17, 2023 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, Bittrex acted as an unregistered broker, exchange, and clearing agency by providing services to U.S. investors in connection with crypto assets that the SEC’s complaint alleges were offered and sold as securities.