How is the CFTC Dealing with DeFi? Commissioner Dan Berkovitz at DACOM 2021

We had the pleasure of welcoming CFTC Commissioner Dan Berkovitz to DACOM for a second year in a row. This time round, he joined Solidus Labs CEO for a keynote fireside chat in which he explained some key actions which the CFTC is already taking to deal with DeFi and embrace change.

Solidus Labs Appoints Former CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger To Lead Regulatory Affairs

Today, we are incredibly proud to welcome Kathy Kraninger, former Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs.

Solidus Labs Announces $20 Million A Round, to Enable Safe Crypto Markets and Transform Financial Risk Monitoring

Today, we are proud to announce our $20 million A round, led by Evolution Equity Partners, which will help Solidus Labs achieve its vision - enabling safe crypto markets and transforming financial risk monitoring.

Solidus Labs on the Digital Asset Report

Why is crypto-native market surveillance a key for the industry’s growth, how crypto market manipulation evolved between the 2017 and 2020 bull run, & much more. Watch Solidus Labs COO Chen Arad's full interview with Lawrence Wintermeyers on the Digital Asset Report.

Nine Things We Know about New SEC Chair Gary Gensler, Based On Previous Statements Around Crypto Compliance & Market Surveillance

Gary Gensler is now officially Chairman of the SEC. What can crypto learn from some of his recent - and less recent - statements about digital assets and capital markets?

Tabb Forum Op-Ed - Crypto is Transforming Financial Regulation: Solidus COO Shares Insights from Leading a Team at NYDFS' Tech Sprint

Citigroup Research Names Solidus Labs as Category Definer for Crypto Market Surveillance

Citigroup listed Solidus Labs as a category definer for digital asset market surveillance, in a comprehensive report on the institutional adoption of Bitcoin and digital assets released yesterday.

The $GME Affair: What Traditional Finance Can Learn From Crypto

The public scuffle between institutional and retail investors over GameStop’s stock has baffled the financial world. For those in crypto, it reflects a familiar clash between two key economic values - accessibility and stability.

Institutional Adoption of Crypto Isn't Coming - It's Already Here

What news, research - and our own pipeline - tells us about the state of institutional adoption of digital assets.

Solidus Labs launches cross-market crypto surveillance tool to address key regulatory hurdles and U.S. Bitcoin ETF concerns

The solution - and a shared-surveillance consortium the firm is working with partners to establish - address one of digital assets’ biggest regulatory challenges - the fact they aren't native to a single exchange and are therefore prone to manipulation

AAX Partners with Crypto Market Surveillance Provider Solidus Labs to Tackle Trade Manipulation and Ensure Market Integrity

The next generation digital asset exchange, the only crypto trading platform leveraging LSEG Technology’s matching engine, will harness Wall Street-based Solidus Labs’ crypto-native compliance platform to improve integrity and comply with regulation.

GDF Hosts Solidus Labs for a Webinar: Crypto Market Surveillance - Next Stage in Crypto Compliance, Integrity & Growth

Over the past few years, the Solidus Labs team has been hard at work together with exchanges and regulators globally, who are using our crypto-native market surveillance tools to stymie crypto manipulation and promote market integrity. In this webinar, COO Chen Arad will share with the Global Digital Finance community our key insights, and discuss why crypto market surveillance is so critical for crypto growth.

Consensus Distributed: Solidus Labs COO joins Coindesk and ErisX to discuss crypto market surveillance

We joined ErisX and Coindesk for a discussion on crypto market surveillance and how it's affecting the digital asset space, during the virtual, covid-19- friendly, version of the industry's pinnacle annual summit

Solidus Labs discusses market integrity with Wintermute Trading and Texture Capital

Solidus Labs COO Chen Arad Joined Richard Johnson of Texture Capital and Yoann Turpin of Wintermute Capital to discuss the state of crypto market integrity, from the perspectives of traders and exchanges. Watch now

Solidus Labs COO discusses the Evolution of Crypto Markets with Coinbase, Ripple and Bequant

Solidus Labs COO joined Coinbase, Bequant, Ripple and the UCL Center for Blockchain for a discussion on the evolution of crypto markets. Check out the video.

The Solidus Labs Brief: Digital Asset Market Surveillance, Compliance & Regulation Updates - March 2020 -

It’s No Longer 2003: On-prem Security and Cloud Benefits CAN Coincide

The Case for Crypto-Native Compliance Tailored for Digital Assets

Pundits and experts agree: For crypto, 2020 will be a year of increased regulatory clarity — and enhanced compliance requirements. In this post, we detail 7 ways compliance solutions tailored for digital assets save crypto firms time, money and risk

The Solidus Brief: Digital Asset Trade Surveillance & Regulation News | February

As demand increases for trade surveillance tailored for digital assets, Solidus is expanding its customer base both domestically and internationally.

Solidus Digital Asset Trade Surveillance and Regulation News Briefing | January

Everything you need to know from the past few weeks: In the US, the SEC announces digital assets will be the focus of its compliance inspections in 2019. The EU Banking Authority calls for regulatory consistency across the Union. And in Asia — a domino effect of licensing for cryptoasset exchanges.

Solidus Digital Assets Trade Surveillance and Regulation News Briefing | December

Everything you need to know from the past few weeks: Globally, governments tighten definitions of digital assets to prevent legal confusion; SEC enforcement action leads to $2.7 million fine; Crypto users doubled in 2018; Trump’s new Chief of Staff is pro-crypto

Getting a Crypto ETF Approved: Rethinking Digital Asset Trade Surveillance

The SEC has repeatedly cited the lack of comprehensive trade surveillance in rejecting Bitcoin-ETF applications. Some exchanges instituted traditional solutions and were denied nonetheless. Here’s one explanation why

Solidus Digital Assets Trade Surveillance and Regulation Update | November 26

Solidus CEO, Asaf Meir, joined industry leaders (like Ripple, Global Digital Finance and Coinfloor) and major UK and EU regulators (like Bank of England, HM Treasury, the FCA, FSB and the French AMF) at the Regulation of Cryptocurrencies conference in London last week.

Solidus Digital Asset Trade Surveillance and Regulation Update | November 12

This week: The SEC enforces — for the first time — against an unregulated digital asset exchange and releases its annual enforcement report; German authorities partially cease the operations of a UK-based crypto fund; And — digital asset-friendly governors elected in California and Colorado

Announcing DACOM Summit's Agenda

Keynoted by SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce and featuring speakers from Coinbase, Gemini, Circle, GDF, Tagomi, ErisX and the Chamber of Digital Commerce among others.

Solidus Seven Principles for the Future of Cryptoasset Trade Surveillance

For a year now, Solidus has been working to tackle cryptoasset trading manipulation. Here, I offer a brief overview of the landscape, and present the principles guiding our vision for safer crypto markets.

Confessions of a First Time CEO

Admittedly, as a first time CEO, there have been many ups and downs. Even though I’ve led teams in the past, I was humbled by the amount of learning and growth I’ve experienced.

What Do You Actually Mean When You Say “Blockchain Compliance”

Congress might actually get crypto.That was a key takeaway from last week’s contentious hearings in on Facebook’s Libra project in Washington, D.C.. While giving Facebook executive David Marcus the third degree, lawmakers took pains to distinguish between the social network’s project and the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem.

The Solidus Brief: Digital Asset Market Surveillance, Compliance & Regulation News - July 2019 -

FATF’s guidelines were officially adopted by G20 nations, leading to intensified discussion of regulation and compliance in the crypto space & for the first time, the U.S. SEC approved a security token offering under regulation A+.

Shaping the Future of Crypto Market Integrity

From day one, we knew that our mission — combating crypto manipulation and creating safer, more fair, more transparent and more credible crypto markets — is not a one person, or one company, job. Therefore, joining the Global Digital Finance community as Founding Members and Advisory Board Members was a natural fit for Solidus.

Who's Watching? Crypto market surveillance and why it matters: Coindesk Webinar with Solidus CEO Asaf Meir

Coindesk‘s Institutional Crypto expert Noelle Acheson hosted Solidus Founder & CEO Asaf Meir for an hour-long discussion of the unique compliance and market manipulation challenges.

The Blockchain Regulation Chicken or the Egg Question

A healthy blockchain ecosystem and a safer crypto trading environment needs market surveillance standards. Instead of waiting for regulation, crypto innovators, broker dealers, hedge funds and exchanges should lead by example and integrate surveillance into their systems.

Security Token Summit in NYC: The Right People in the right Industry Moment

Light on buzz, heavy on substance, free of ICO pitches and more dedicated to learning and conversation than to selling and raising — the Security Token Summit in New York this past Monday was a unique event in the realm of Blockchain. Most importantly, the organizers at Security Token Academy managed to bring together a focused group of individuals dedicated to tackling some of blockchain’s — and the US securities industry’s — most pressing challenges: compliance, liquidity and accessibility of financial markets.

The Solidus Brief: Digital Asset Market Surveillance, Compliance & Regulation News | June 2019

All the crypto news compliance professionals need to know. This month's highlights: SEC Chairman Jay Clayton again calls for better market surveillance and reduced manipulation before the agency can approve a crypto-ETF; A study by The Block raises concerns that 86% of volume in 48 exchanges is potentially wash trading; 94% of surveyed US, UK and Canadian endowment funds are actively engaged with crypto investments