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Abra and its CEO, William "Bill" Barhydt, have settled with 25 state financial regulators for operating without money transmitting licenses. As part of the settlement, Abra will return up to $82.1 million to U.S.-based customers in the 25 states and cease certain crypto-related activities in the U.S...
Abra and its founder and CEO William "Bill" Barhydt have settled with 25 state financial regulators for operating without money transmitting licenses. As part of the settlement, Abra will return up to $82.1 million to U.S.-based customers in the 25 states and cease certain crypto-related activities in the U.S. Barhydt has agreed not to participate in money transmitting or money services business in the settling states for five years. The settlement follows Abra's previous settlements with certain state securities regulators for selling unregistered securities. The company has stated that 99% of assets held by U.S. retail customers have already been returned. Abra continues to operate in the U.S. through Abra Capital Management, an SEC-registered investment advisor. CEO Bill Barhydt has affirmed the full operational status of Abra Private and Abra Prime in the USA and International, with upcoming announcements.
Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Abra will return up to $82.1 million in crypto to U.S. customers in the settling states. Abra has also agreed to stop accepting crypto allocations from all U.S. Abra Trade customers, as well as to stop "making, buying, selling or trading cryptocurrencies" to Abra Trade customers in the U.S. Barhydt has also agreed not to participate "in any capacity" in the business of any money transmitting or money services business in any of the 25 settling states, other than as a passive investor, for five years.
"State financial regulators take their role to protect consumers and prevent unlicensed activity seriously," said CSBS Chair and Washington State Department of Financial Institutions Director Charlie Clark in the press release. "Companies that do not operate within the bounds of state laws will be held accountable." Washington, Arkansas and Connecticut are some of the states involved in the settlement. Abra’s settlement with state financial regulators for unlicensed money transmitting activity comes in addition to the firm’s settlements with certain state securities regulators, including New Mexico and Texas, for selling unregistered securities.
"Abra is pleased to enter into a Term Sheet negotiated with a working group from the Money Transmitters Regulators Association regarding the Abra App that Abra previously offered in the U.S.," said an Abra spokesperson in an emailed statement. "The corresponding consent orders will settle all state matters related to the Abra App in the U.S. for the period from March 2021 to June 2023," the spokesperson said. "Since June 2023, 99% of assets held by U.S. retail customers of Abra using the Abra App have already been returned – over $250 million. Abra continues to operate in the United States through Abra Capital Management, an SEC-registered investment advisor, that allows clients to invest in crypto, earn yield, stake and borrow against their crypto holdings."
In a tweet, Abra CEO Bill Barhydt said that "Abra Private and Abra Prime are fully operational in the USA and International." "These are both fantastic services with big announcements coming in the next few days," he said. "If you are looking to invest in Bitcoin or crypto abra.com can definitely help you." In its Wednesday announcement, CSBS said that state money services business (MSB) regulators were tipped off about Abra by state securities regulators last summer, and that "state financial regulators collaborated with the securities regulators and worked on a parallel path to settlement." Additional states are allowed to join in the multi-state settlement.
UPDATE (June 26, 2024, 21:00 UTC): Adds tweet from Abra's Bill Barhydt.
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