Maxine Waters Demands SEC Hearing Over Dropped Crypto Cases

Editorial photo of a congressional hearing room with an SEC seal, desk microphone, and documents under somber lighting

Representative Maxine Waters has formally pressed for a House Financial Services Committee oversight hearing into what she describes as the SEC’s recent pullback from crypto enforcement. In a letter dated around December 29–30, 2025 to Chairman French Hill, she argues the shift weakens investor protections and demands direct accountability from SEC Chairman Paul Atkins.

Making RWAs compliant requires legal and operational rigor

Suited lawyer at a conference table reviewing legal documents and a laptop about real-world asset tokenization.

Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization needs more than smart contracts to scale: it requires rigorous legal structuring, continuous disclosure and institutional-grade controls to satisfy U.S. securities law. The path to compliance is being shaped by securities classification, custody frameworks and anti-financial-crime measures, with former SEC counsel Ashley Ebersole and other industry experts pointing to the SEC’s […]

CZ’s YZi Labs in Boardroom Coup Bid for World’s Largest BNB Treasury

Boardroom scene with a stern executive presenting a consent letter about BNC governance, calm lighting.

YZi Labs has launched a written-consent takeover bid targeting CEA Industries Inc. (ticker: BNC), which manages what it calls the world’s largest BNB treasury. The move, formalized in a preliminary consent statement filed on November 27, 2025, accuses BNC’s leadership of governance lapses and seeks to replace the board to restore value. The campaign, linked […]