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The world’s largest cryptocurrency asset manager, Grayscale, has confirmed its commitment to convert the GBTC trust into a Bitcoin ETF. The company has filed documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission indicating that it has completed all steps before such a transition.  Launched in 2013, Grayscale is a digital asset manager enabling institutional and accredited investors to receive exposure to BTC and other cryptocurrencies without worrying about storing and...

With so many companies getting involved in the bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) game as of late, it makes sense that a large financial firm such as Fidelity Investments would throw its wrench into the pot. Fidelity Is Looking to Establish a Bitcoin ETF Fidelity was one of the first financial brokers to offer digital currency trading and storage services to its clients in 2018. Now, it’s cementing its status even further as the ultimate crypto haven by preparing...

A few months after it filed a lawsuit against Ripple for conducting an unregistered security offering, the SEC has done the same against another blockchain project. This time, it’s going for LBRY – a project operating a decentralized content publishing platform. $11M Worth of Unregistered Securities Offering? Based in New Hampshire, US, LBRY Inc is a blockchain-based file-sharing and payment network that powers social networks and video platforms. Although it was founded in...

Major U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs has filed a prospectus with the U.S. Securities and exchange Commission (SEC) for an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that could offer exposure to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.In a recent document filing, Goldman Sachs is seeking approval from the SEC to launch an ETF called the ARK Innovation ETF.According to the banking giant, the ETF would focus on companies that offer what it considers “disruptive innovation” while stating that it could offer...

Positive news emerged for Ripple (XRP) late last week as the blockchain giant looks to get relisted on US coin exchanges. In a historic SEC lawsuit against Ripple Labs, a judge involved in the discovery process acknowledged XRP’s viability as both a currency and utility. In the same hearing, the SEC admitted that only Ripple and its affiliates are capable of illegally soliciting securities. Could this open the gateway for relisting?The Significance of XRP as a CurrencyJudge Sarah Netburn of...

Hester Pierce – the commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – admits that perhaps the agency’s reluctance to approve a bitcoin or crypto-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) was a bit of a mistake now that Canada has come so far in this department. Pierce: A Bitcoin ETF Is Now Being Pushed More Than Ever Over the years, many companies – from Van Eck to Bitwise – have submitted applications to get bitcoin ETFs approved by the Securities and Exchange...

More developments on the Ripple vs. the SEC legal front as the Commission has requested personal financial information of the company’s CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, and co-founder Christian Larsen.Simultaneously, the Japanese financial giant SBI Group has doubled-down on its support for Ripple by offering to pay its shareholders dividends in XRP.The SEC Seeks Personal Info on Ripple ExecsThe impending case between the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the blockchain payment processor...

Nearly a year after filing a lawsuit against YouTube for failing to prevent XRP giveaway scams, Ripple Labs has settled the issue without disclosing any further details.In the other ongoing Ripple-related lawsuit, the SEC has asked Judge Analisa Torres to deny the payment processor’s motions to dismiss.Ripple Settles with YouTubeCryptoPotato reported last year in April that the blockchain-based payment protocol undertook legal actions against the largest video-sharing platform – YouTube....

The SEC lawsuit against Ripple Labs continues to harm the payment processor as the company has officially ended its relationship with the international money transfer provider – MoneyGram. Nevertheless, Ripple hopes to revisit the relationship in the future, especially if it prevails against the Commission. CryptoPotato reported in late December 2020 that the US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against the blockchain-based payment processor and its executives for conducting...

With the impending legal battle between the SEC and Ripple, the CEO of the payment processor said that XRP will endure even if the company doesn’t.Simultaneously, Jesse Powell, the CEO of the veteran US exchange, Kraken, believes that offering XRP trading carries “huge asymmetrical risk.”XRP Will Endure, Says Ripple CEOEver since the US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against Ripple for conducting an unregistered security offering, the company’s executives have tried to...