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The half a decade-old multinational financial service giant has followed the footsteps of Blackrock into filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission to release a Crypto Economy ETF. The document informed that the main goal of the fund will be to “track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the total return of an index that is designed to deliver global exposure to companies that may benefit from the development or utilization of cryptocurrencies (including...

Attorney Joseph Hall, who previously worked at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, claimed there is a “pretty good chance” that the SEC “will lose all the merits” in the lawsuit against Ripple. The American went further, saying he does not quite understand why the watchdog decided to bring this case. The Never-Ending Battle The legal confrontation between the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the blockchain company Ripple has been going on for more than a...

Grayscale – the world’s largest Bitcoin fund – has long had its attempts to become a spot-based Bitcoin ETF denied by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Investors are now speaking out against this, and have sent roughly 200 letters to the commission in support of the fund’s transition. Grayscale Investors Speak Out As reported by Bloomberg, the SEC received over 170 letters from Grayscale investors in February alone. This followed a public solicitation from the...

BlockFi recently agreed to pay $100 million in a settlement after the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the firm with “failing to register the offers and sales of its retail crypto lending product.” The news that kept the space abuzz was broken by an SEC document, followed by a dissent note from Commissioner Hester M. Peirce – both put out on the SEC website. The Genesis of Trouble for BlockFi BlockFi has been offering interest-bearing accounts for crypto...

The leading cryptocurrency trading venue appointed Scott Bauguess as the newest member of its policy team. The American spent 11 years as a top executive at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Another Veteran on Board Coinbase continues to expand its management unit by hiring the financer Scott Bauguess as Vice President for global regulatory policy. As such, he will coordinate the exchange’s interaction with watchdogs. Bauguess has experience with regulators...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to introduce some sweeping crypto rules that allegedly would allow regulators to check in on the activities of crypto exchanges and defi platforms. The SEC Is Working to Regulate Crypto at All Costs According to bitcoin and crypto bull Hester Pierce – who is often referred to as the “Crypto Mom” for her pro-bitcoin attitude – this could be very dangerous for the digital currency industry in that the rules are going...

The world’s biggest corporate bitcoin holder MicroStrategy has reported a $146 million impairment charge on its digital asset investment. MicroStrategy Loses $147 Million in an Impairment Charge The day after MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor announced that his company bought 660 BTC worth $25 million, the firm reported a loss of $146.6 million in an impairment charge on account of its bitcoin holdings. Business intelligence software maker MicroStrategy said this in its Q4...

The Bank of Thailand (BOT), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ministry of Finance (MOF) have jointly decided to regulate the use of cryptocurrencies as a medium of exchange. They cite threats of financial instability and crime as primary justifications. Strictness On Crypto BOT announced its regulatory decision in a press release earlier today. It begins by recognizing how digital asset companies are expanding the functionality of cryptocurrencies as a medium of...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has, once again, rejected a spot bitcoin ETF application. It was filed earlier by the investment management company First Trust Advisors and the hedge fund SkyBridge led by Anthony Scaramucci. In a statement published on Thursday (January 20, 2022), the SEC said the reason for the rejection was that they failed to meet the requirements. According to an excerpt from the SEC document: “Because NYSE Arca has not demonstrated that...

While there have been calls by the cryptocurrency community for the SEC to provide clearer regulation for the industry, one of the agency’s commissioners thinks otherwise. SEC Does Not Need to Re-Invent the Wheel Allison Lee, a Commissioner for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), while appearing at a D.C. bar event on crypto regulation, has said that cryptocurrencies do not need a special set of rules. According to Lee: “Rather than pursuing approaches that...