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Powers On… It’s been a wonderful life (week): SEC Commissioner Peirce, Bitcoin 2022 and more
21.4.2022
GBTC premium nears 2022 high as SEC faces call to approve Bitcoin ETF 'people really want'
21.4.2022
Storm clouds are slowly fading for Grayscale and its embattled Bitcoin institutional investment product, while frustration with U.S. regulators continues to mount
Simplify files with SEC for Bitcoin Strategy Risk-Managed Income ETF
20.4.2022
The asset manager said it would purchase “exchange-traded protective put options" and write "exchange-traded call options on Bitcoin futures and/or a Bitcoin related ETF or ETFs.”
SEC Faces Storm of Criticism from Crypto Sector, Lawmakers over ‘Exchange’ Re-definition Plans
19.4.2022
The United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and its Chairman Gary Gensler have received a slew of letters from pressure groups and parliamentarians voicing their concerns about proposed amendments to the Exchange Act, established in the 1930s. The agency plans to expand the legal...
Congressmen tell SEC redefining long-standing concepts would be bad for digital ecosystem
18.4.2022
Republican House Financial Services Committee members are resisting proposed changes to the 1934 Exchange Act in a letter to the Securities Exchange Commission
Law Decoded: Paris is always a good idea, even for talking crypto policy — April 11–18
18.4.2022
Ripple rejoices, the SEC gets challenged to a narrative battle and Brazil moves ahead with crypto legislation
Self-Regulatory Organizations Growing Alongside New U.S. Crypto Regulation
18.4.2022
SROs can eventually provide “connective tissue” between the crypto industry and government as U.S. regulatory infrastructure forms
Crypto Proponents Fear SEC 'Backdoor' Regulations on Exchanges, Dealers
18.4.2022
Lawyers and lobbyist for the cryptocurrency industry have raised objections to Securities and Exchange Commission proposals that could formally expand crypto oversight. The comment deadline arrived Monday for the first of those rule that amplifies the scope of how the agency defines exchanges
SEC Risks Violating Admin Procedure Act by Rejecting Spot Bitcoin ETFs, Says Grayscale
18.4.2022
Grayscale Investments’ CEO explains that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could potentially violate the Administrative Procedure Act by not approving a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). SEC Approving Spot Bitcoin ETF Is ‘a Matter of When and Not If’...
Ripple CEO: SEC Lawsuit Over XRP ‘Has Gone Exceedingly Well’
17.4.2022
The CEO of Ripple Labs says that the lawsuit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against him and his company over XRP “has gone exceedingly well.” He stressed: “This case is important, not just for Ripple, it’s important for the entire crypto...
Epic Games raises $2B for Metaverse, Mastercard scales NFT plans and Ripple scores big win against SEC: Hodler’s Digest, April 10-16
17.4.2022
US SEC’s Proposal On 'Exchange' Definition Could Be Unconstitutional - Think Tank
15.4.2022
A recent proposal by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) aims to amend the definition of 'exchange' and alternative trading systems (ATSs) in American regulation, but it could instead create “an inappropriately broad standard for registration” that would place unconstitutional...
Coin Center takes aim at ‘unconstitutional’ SEC redefinition of an 'exchange'
15.4.2022
The DC-based non profit believes the SEC is making a gross overreach with its new proposed definition of exchange as it would include the means of communication and not just trade
Ripple CEO: SEC case is going ‘much better than I hoped’
15.4.2022
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse told attendees of the Paris Blockchain Week that the ongoing case with the SEC is going exceedingly well
Tesla’s Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter for $41 Billion, Says He Wants to Make It a Private Company
14.4.2022
Tesla billionaire Elon Musk has offered to purchase Twitter for $41.4 billion, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing published on Thursday. Musk also explained in his note that he believes Twitter should be a private company and he decided he wants “to acquire...
XRP price bounces to $0.72 but still risks new lows in April — Here's why
13.4.2022
XRP risks plunging to $0.50 in April as it breaks out of a classic bearish continuation structure
Lukewarm Reaction from XRP as Ripple Claims Another ‘Big Win’ Against the US SEC
13.4.2022
The price of XRP, the coin associated with the American fintech firm Ripple, rose modestly today after news of what one lawyer called “a very big win for Ripple” in an ongoing court battle against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
At 09:40 UTC, XRP stood at USD 0.955, up 1.5%...
Ripple scores 'a very big win' in SEC case
13.4.2022
Ripple Labs was able to gain a victory against the SEC in its ongoing securities fraud case. The judge on the case denied the SEC’s motion to review certain documents that may not be material to the prosecution
Survey of financial advisers and Grayscale comments suggest strong support for spot crypto ETF
11.4.2022
“The vast majority of advisors we surveyed either plan to begin allocating to crypto or increase their existing allocation to crypto,” said Nasdaq's Jake Rapaport
Law Decoded: Crypto risks, imaginary and real, and creative ways of addressing them, April 4–11
11.4.2022
The Treasury admits there’s not much crypto-aided sanctions evasion going on, stablecoins attract regulatory attention, and a fourth futures-based BTC ETF secures approval