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Ether security debate continues as SEC ETF decision deadline looms
22.5.2024
The SEC's decision on VanEck’s spot Ether ETF application is due by May 23, and experts believe the recent debate over Ether’s status as a security could hamper its chances
Prometheum launches Ether custody service that treats ETH as a security: Report
21.5.2024
The digital assets platform soft-launched its controversial Ethereum custody service on May 17 and is targeting a full launch next month
SEC’s Gary Gensler is getting irked being asked about crypto
8.5.2024
SEC Chair Gary Gensler says he gets an “outsized ratio” of questions about crypto despite its relatively small size compared to the overall financial market
SEC will classify Ether as security, deny spot Ether ETFs — Michael Saylor
3.5.2024
The MicroStrategy executive speculated that the SEC would consider Ether, BNB, Solana, XRP, and Cardano unregistered crypto asset securities
SEC and Gensler believed Ether was security for at least a year
29.4.2024
In April 2023, Gensler refused to answer repeated questions on whether the SEC believed Ether to be a security
ETH can be a security and a commodity: Former CFTC commissioner
24.5.2023
Ether can simultaneously be a security and commodity under the regulatory scope of the SEC and CFTC, former CFTC commissioner Dan Berkovitz claimed
Ether’s Security Status Remains Unclear as SEC Chair Gensler Fails to Answer Lawmaker’s Question
20.4.2023
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, would not answer a direct question in a congressional hearing about whether ether is a security. While the SEC chair insisted that the law is clear on crypto, Congressman Patrick McHenry argued that the SEC’s...
CFTC Chair Insists Ether Is a Commodity, Not a Security as Claimed by SEC Chairman
11.3.2023
The chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has insisted that ether is a commodity, not a security as claimed by the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The CFTC chief stressed that the derivatives watchdog would not have allowed ether futures products...