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Thanks to the growing influence of stablecoins on the financial system, regulators across the world are racing to regulate the sector. The stablecoins realm is a step closer to achieving regulatory clarity as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has geared up to propose legislation and supervise the $131 billion industry. US Financial Watchdog Readies Stablecoin Regulations Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that developments surrounding...

To say that last week was exciting would be a serious understatement. Bitcoin went on to chart a brand new all-time high at around $67K, we saw the approval of the first-ever futures BTC ETF in the US, a massive flash-crash on BinanceUS, and a correction towards $60K. Let’s dive in. Starting with Bitcoin. The price was trading around $62K last this time last week and even dipped below $60K briefly on Monday. However, the market was propelled higher from then, and this...

It’s been a wild few months for Bitcoin’s price. It went all the way up from around $65K in April, down to below $30K in July, and back to a new all-time high today – October 20th. Many are drawing comparisons between the market dynamics in April and now, and as BTC sits in price discovery, it’s worth looking at a few reasons for which things might be a lot more bullish currently compared to before. Retail FOMO Is Not Here First things first, one of the main catalysts of...

The talk in the crypto town for the past several days has predominantly been the potential launch of a Bitcoin ETF in the United States. After all, the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission has been reluctant to approve such a product for years, while other nations, like Canada and Brazil, did so earlier this year. The pressure on the SEC is mounting, and the appointment of Gary Gensler, who previously had experience with blockchain, was regarded as a promising step in...

It appears that years after the first Bitcoin ETF proposal was filed, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has decided to greenlight a futures-backed exchange-traded fund for the first time. ProShares, the company which filed for its Bitcoin Strategy ETF, might be the very first one to see it launch next week. It filed an amended prospectus which indicates that it could go live as soon as Monday. It’s worth noting that this is not a standard ETF but a...

For the first time since April, Bitcoin’s price is back at $60,000. It’s a major psychological level, even though, from a technical standpoint, it doesn’t contain that much resistance. In any case, this followed a considerable weekly increase and rumors of the approval of a futures-backed Bitcoin ETF in the US. Let’s take a dive. This time last week, Bitcoin was trading at around $54K, but it was mostly up from there. It had almost reached $58K by Tuesday when BTC went...

As the former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman, Jay Clayton oversaw the financial agency for approximately four years. He came down hard on the industry many times, and initiated penalties to companies that claimed their securities were mere “tokens” or “coins” that the SEC held no jurisdiction over. Jay Clayton On the Future of Crypto However, despite this hardcore attitude, Clayton is quite positive about the future of crypto. He thinks that blockchain...

Just four months after the application, Volt Equity’s Volt Bitcoin Revolution ETF has received the green light from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. It will provide investors the option to invest in companies with direct exposure to BTC, such as MicroStrategy. Back in early June this year, the California-based firm Volt Equity filed with the Commission documents to launch a different type of exchange-traded fund with indirect exposure to BTC. The filing described...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is once again delaying its decision-making process regarding new bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications. The SEC Cannot Seem to Make a Decision for Anything This has been going on for years now. The SEC does not seem capable of making a choice regarding such a product. It just delays, delays, and delays some more, and right when you think a final decision is going to be made, the agency puts things off again....

Ken Griffin – Founder and Chief Executive Officer at the multinational hedge fund Citadel LLC – stated that his organization will start offering cryptocurrency trading services only if there is “regulatory clarity.” However, he is not keen on the asset class, opining that it threatens the strength of the American dollar. Citadel Can Jump on The Crypto Bandwagon During a recent interview, billionaire Ken Griffin pointed out the necessity of imposing a regulatory framework on...