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According to CoinGecko, nearly $85 billion worth of crypto falls under the category of “alleged SEC securities.” CoinGecko launched a new index tracking the biggest crypto tokens viewed as likely securities by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  The ‘Top Alleged Securities Coins’ page sorts the selection of crypto assets by market capitalization, placing Binance Coin (BNB) at the top of the list — followed by Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL) and TRON (TRX). The top 10 alleged securities tokens by market cap. Source: CoinGecko A CoinGecko spokesperson told Cointelegraph that the index was launched in the first week of August and was constructed by compiling a selection of the most notable tokens which had been deemed securities by the SEC in past lawsuits. In its most recent lawsuits against crypto exchange giants Coinbase and Binance, the financial regulator brought the number of tokens it views as securities up a grand total of 68 — while CoinGecko only lists...

Meanwhile, total liquidations have topped $280M in the last 12 hours as crypto market sentiment has turned more fearful. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index — a tool that measures broader market sentiment towards Bitcoin and the broader crypto market — has dipped to a level of “fear” not witnessed since March 11 this year, when Circle’s USD coin (USDC) briefly lost its dollar-peg.  The stumble in market sentiment comes in the wake of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing a lawsuit against Binance, its U.S. arm of operations and its CEO Changpeng Zhao. The SEC pressed a total of 13 charges against the exchange and its affiliates for failing to register as a securities exchange and operating illegally in the United States. The Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index. Source: Alternative.me . The index works by aggregating a mixture of indicators to gauge market sentiment . It combines metrics including price volatility, momentum, trading volume with data from social medi...