In June 2023, 145,270 New Jersey residents were using Coinbase's staking service when the New Jersey Bureau of Securities alleged that the service constituted an unregistered security

Lawsuits, settlements and criminal cases brought by regulators and prosecutors against crypto firms and individuals.

Ongoing legal fight over which digital assets count as securities under investor-protection law and which are commodities, determining whether the SEC or CFTC oversees them.