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64 B.C. L. Rev. 1555 (2023)
Regulatory Fragmentation: Investor Reaction to SEC and CFTC Enforcement in Crypto Markets

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        REGULATORY FRAGMENTATION:

  INVESTOR REACTION TO SEC AND CFTC

    ENFORCEMENT IN CRYPTO MARKETS


                            YULIYA GUSEVA
                            IRENA  HUTTON


INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................... 1557

I. INNOVATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL ROLE OF THE COMMISSIONS................................... 1562
  A. The Risks and Benefits of Crypto ..................................................................................... 1563
  B. Innovations, Regulatory Fragmentation, and Crypto.......................................................1567

  C. Inter-Agency Differences ................................................................................................. 1572
  D. Why Is U.S. -Led Enforcement Impactful?........................................................................1573
II. THE TWO COMMISSIONS IN CRYPTO..................................................................................... 1576

  A . T h e  C F T C ........................................................................................................................ 1 5 7 6
  B. The SEC ........................................................................................................................... 1580
III. EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON CRYPTOASSET REGULATION ..................................................... 1583

IV. SAMPLE DATA .....................................................................................................................1587
  A . C ryp toasset  C lassifications..............................................................................................1587
  B. Enforcement Data............................................................................................................ 1589
  C . S um m ary  S ta tistics ...........................................................................................................15 9 1

V. EMPIRICAL RESULTS............................................................................................................. 1596
  A. Enforcement Action Characteristics and Market Reaction .............................................. 1596
  B. Multivari ate Analyses of Market Reaction ....................................................................... 1598

  C . E nforcem  ent P ublicity  M  easures   ..................................................................................... 1601
  D. Types ofRespondents Defendants and Market Reaction ................................................. 1603
  E. Are Bitcoin and Ethereum Special? ................................................................................. 1605

  F. Penalties and Other Measures ......................................................................................... 1608

VI. THEORETICAL INTERPRETATIONS ....................................................................................... 1610
  A. Summary of the Results.................................................................................................... 1610
  B. Regulation, Enforcement, and Fragmentation.................................................................1610

CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................. 1613














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