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Coinbase has answered the SEC request for comments on the proposed rule change to list the ETH Grayscale Fund as a spot ETF. Coinbase stated that ether was a commodity, and its status has been publicly recognized in a variety of circumstances by U.S. agencies and courts. Coinbase Supports Ethereum Grayscale Fund Conversion as a … Read more
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will approve spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on crypto tokens other than bitcoin. “I think it’s inevitable that there’ll be multiple ETFs around different tokens,” he stressed, noting that Ripple would welcome an XRP ETF. “In my opinion, it makes these markets … Read more
Economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff has sounded the alarm about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) potentially changing the definition of a “security.” He cautioned: “Now that the U.S. Appeals Court has upheld the SEC’s authority to unilaterally change the definition of a ‘dealer,’ I expect lots of private investors to be retroactively … Read more
Veteran trader Peter Brandt has warned that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler should not be trusted. He stressed that Gensler “has a long history of not looking out for the interests of investors.” Brandt further emphasized that the SEC chairman “was instrumental in the bankruptcy” of a major company and was … Read more
Blackrock has amassed nearly 110,000 bitcoins for its spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), since its launch about a month ago. The world’s largest asset manager’s bitcoin ETF has a total net inflow of nearly $5 billion, leading the pack among all spot bitcoin ETFs. Blackrock CEO Larry Fink has stated that … Read more
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has outlined a “very real economic difference” between crypto like bitcoin and fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar. “You have a whole central bank, and support for one currency, generally per economic region,” the SEC chief noted, adding that we don’t have the same in bitcoin. … Read more
Genesis Global Capital has received authorization to offload its stake in Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), valued at approximately $1.3 billion. Genesis Global Permitted to Liquidate $1.3 Billion in Bitcoin Trust Shares According to Bloomberg, Genesis Global Holdco LLC secured Judge Sean Lane’s approval to liquidate its GBTC investments, currently estimated at $1.3 billion. The request … Read more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted rules to require firms that act like dealers to register with the Commission. A lawyer explained that the securities regulator took a shot at decentralized finance (Defi) with the rules, which explicitly target decentralized exchanges’ (DEX) liquidity providers (LPs) with at least $50 million in assets. … Read more
The cryptocurrency market has experienced notable declines, revealing a -7.5% drop in total market caps over the past week, according to data from Santiment. The recent approval of the first 11 Spot Bitcoin ETFs by the SEC on January 10 has led to a ‘buy the rumor, sell the news’ scenario, though it’s early to … Read more
In a groundbreaking move, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given its approval for the listing and trading of 11 Spot Bitcoin ETFs, marking a significant milestone for the cryptocurrency asset class. 🚨🚨🚨 OFFICIAL: Spot #Bitcoin ETFs approved by #SEC Includes: 🟩 VanEck🟩 Bitwise🟩 Fidelity 🟩 Franklin🟩 Valkyrie 🟩 Hashdex🟩 Ark Invest🟩 Grayscale🟩 … Read more
