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Web3 gaming platform Immutable says the US Securities and Exchange Commission has closed its investigation into the company, clearing it of any further action.

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Immutable — the firm behind the Ethereum layer-2 Immutable X — said in a March 25 statement that the SEC shut its inquiry into the firm without finding wrongdoing and “closes the loop on the Wells notice issued by the SEC last year.”

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In November, Immutable said it received a Wells notice from the regulator — a letter informing that the SEC is considering an enforcement action, typically sent after it concludes there is evidence of possible securities law violations.

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“We are pleased the SEC has concluded its inquiry. This marks a significant milestone for the crypto industry and gaming as we advance towards a future with regulatory clarity,” Immutable president and co-founder Robbie Ferguson said in a statement.

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An Immutable spokesperson told Cointelegraph that the SEC sent it a letter of termination that didn’t explain why it had concluded its probe. The spokesperson said the letter was unprompted and that the SEC’s review of information Immutable had sent “appears to have resulted in them closing the investigation.”

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An SEC spokesperson told Cointelegraph it doesn’t comment on the existence or nonexistence of a possible investigation.

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Immutable said in a November blog post that it believed the SEC was targeting the 2021 “listing and private sales” of its self-titled Immutable IMX token.

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The company said it had a 10-minute call with the SEC after it had issued the notice where it alleged a 2021 Immutable blog post stating a pre-launch investment made in the IMX token at a price of $0.10, which was issued at a “$10 pre-100:1 split,” was inaccurate and implied there was no exchange of value between the parties.

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At the time, Immutable said it was “confident in its position” and would fight the regulator’s claims.

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The SEC has dropped many pending and in progress enforcement actions against crypto companies under President Donald Trump, whose administration has worked to defang the agency to make good on his promise to alleviate the crypto industry from regulatory action.

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Last month, the SEC stopped its investigations into non-fungible token marketplace OpenSea, trading platform Robinhood, decentralized exchange developer Uniswap Labs and crypto exchange Gemini.

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The regulator has also dropped a slew of its high-profile lawsuits against crypto firms, including those against Ripple Labs, Coinbase and Kraken.

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Despite the SEC backing off from Immutable, the Manhattan-based Rosen Law Firm has cited the Wells notice in trying to spin up a securities class-action lawsuit against the firm over its IMX token offering, which Immutable’s spokesperson said it’s “not concerned about.”

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In its statement, Immutable said that major triple AAA gaming studios “have previously cited legal and compliance risks as key barriers to entry” into the Web3 gaming space.

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“However, with a clear regulatory framework on the horizon, this is expected to unlock further investment and opportunities to tokenize the now more than $100 billion market for in-game purchases,” it added.

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Memecoin trading, which had been a meta in this current crypto bull run, has taken a slide among fears of insider trading, rug pulls and fraud.

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Pump.fun’s revenue over the last 30 days came in at nearly $74 million, according to Dune Analytics.

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A Bitcoin reserve is currently being considered in the US, Czech Republic and Hong Kong, while El Salvador continues to stack at least one Bitcoin to its treasury, which launched in September 2021.

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Despite Schlegel’s criticisms, Switzerland is one of the leading countries for Bitcoin adoption — particularly in the city of Lugano, where the annual “Plan ₿” conference is held.

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Switzerland boasts a population of 8.97 million, meaning about 1.11% of locals must sign the petition.

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