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05.04 / 08:11

business SEC Funding assets under management Crypto venture capital firms see surging assets under management

Venture capital (VC) firms focused on Web3 projects and crypto businesses are accumulating billions of dollars worth of assets under management as more capital is injected into the sector.

05.04 / 01:17

regulation Investments SEC Sec Chair SEC chair: retail crypto investors should be protected

Gary Gensler, chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, said the agency’s protections that apply to investors of traditional assets should extend to those in the crypto market.

04.04 / 20:11

Law SEC Europe Congress Law Decoded: ‘Unhosted’ wallets are just ‘wallets,’ March 28–April 4

The European Parliament continued to keep crypto users and advocates at the edge of their seats last week as yet another piece of potentially harmful legislation — this time, a set of demanding data disclosure requirements for digital asset service providers — was rushed to a vote mere days after anear miss on banning proof-of-work-based cryptocurrencies.

02.04 / 00:05

ETF SEC Bitcoin spot bitcoin 21Shares SEC rejects ARK 21Shares spot Bitcoin ETF application

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has officially disapproved the application for ARK 21Shares Bitcoin exchange-traded fund.

01.04 / 22:53

ETF SEC CEO Platform Investing may be getting too complex for retail investors — and even professional brokers

As more cutting-edge investment products work their way into the marketplace, there's growing fear retail investors and even professional brokers are getting in over their heads.

01.04 / 16:24

Provident Cooper Progressive SEC audit U.S.-listed Chinese stocks audit dispute: China regulator tells auditors to consider preparing for inspections

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01.04 / 14:29

business SEC stocks Bitcoin Galaxy Digital delays BitGo acquisition to later on in 2022

Cryptocurrency investment firm Galaxy Digital has not managed to finalize the acquisition of the digital asset custodian BitGo in the first quarter of 2022 as the firm originally planned.

01.04 / 09:21

Binance SEC Court class action Binance wins dismissal of class action over 2018 tokens that tanked

A federal judge has dismissed a class action complaint asserting Binance violated U.S. securities laws by not registering as a broker-dealer or exchange, and sold crypto tokens which were not registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

01.04 / 09:21

cryptocurrency Digital SEC Holdings Crypto Holdings Customers Companies Should Disclose Customers' Crypto Holdings As Liabilities, Says US SEC

US SEC says crypto safekeeping arrangements should be treated as liability

01.04 / 03:04

business regulation SEC Digital Asset accounting guidance New SEC guidance on accounting and disclosures rankles Commissioner Peirce

U.S. companies that safeguard their clients’ crypto-assets received new accounting guidance Thursday in the form of a Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, Staff Accounting Bulletin. The guidance got a strong response from SEC commissioner Hester Peirce, a steadfast crypto advocate.

31.03 / 21:01

Digital SEC Platform Bitcoin Class customers’ digital tokens as debt, SEC tells cryptocurrency exchanges

WASHINGTON — Publicly traded cryptocurrency exchanges would have to report their customers’ digital tokens as liabilities on their balance sheets under guidance released on 31 March by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

30.03 / 19:03

IPO Target SEC Shell SEC targets SPACs with rules on inflated business forecasts, merger disclosures

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday debuted a host of new rules for SPACs that, if enacted, would mark one of the broadest attempts to date at cracking down on the hot market for blank-check companies.

30.03 / 07:13

regulation SEC lending Voyager ordered by New Jersey to 'cease and desist’

The New Jersey Bureau of Securities has issued a cease and desist order against Voyager Digital for selling unregistered securities through its Voyager Earn program.

29.03 / 19:19

ETF SEC CEO Bitcoin spot bitcoin Spot Bitcoin ETF: This firm is considering legal recourse against SEC over the issue

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ongoing lawsuit with Ripple Labs had waged on since December 2021, although there has been no definitive outcome as of yet. Now, another player in the digital assets space is considering suing the SEC if things go south.

29.03 / 18:53

Ethereum ETF SEC Bitcoin NY Regulator To Speed Up Crypto Licensing, New Crypto ETPs, Web3 Council + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.

29.03 / 11:55

ETF SEC Bitcoin Grayscale Would Consider APA Lawsuit if SEC Rejects its Bitcoin ETF Conversion Application, Says CEO

The US-based major cryptoasset management firm Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein has suggested that the fund manager may take legal actions against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) if the agency rejects the former's bid to convert its Bitcoin (BTC) trust into an exchange-traded fund (ETF).

29.03 / 05:27

ETF regulation Investments SEC Grayscale gears up for legal battle with SEC over Bitcoin ETF

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein said the firm is gearing up for a legal fight if Grayscale’s Bitcoin Spot ETF product is denied by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

25.03 / 21:51

markets ETF SEC Bitcoin ProShares ETF's Bitcoin stash hits $1.27B as BTC eyes $50K by mid-April

Strong inflows into the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) in the past two weeks pushed its Bitcoin (BTC) exposure to a new record high.

25.03 / 18:17

Ripple SEC Ripple’s executives call for sanctions against SEC’s ‘gamesmanship’

Looking at the SEC vs. Ripple case, one might ask if Ripple Labs and the executives are finally running out of patience? Well, it looks like. Notably, the defendants continue to maintain their strong stance against Plaintiff.

24.03 / 21:51

ETF SEC Bitcoin analysts spot bitcoin bitcoin etfs spot bitcoin ETFs SEC could approve spot Bitcoin ETFs as early as 2023 — Bloomberg analysts

Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart, exchange-traded fund analysts for Bloomberg, said that a proposed rule change with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission could be the catalyst for the regulatory body approving a spot Bitcoin ETF in mid-2023.

24.03 / 21:49

UPS SEC fall Almost 645,000 people still hadn't gotten their third stimulus checks by last fall, Treasury says

Almost 645,000 people who were eligible for the third round of stimulus checks hadn't gotten their payments as of mid-September, according to a U.S. Department of the Treasury report published Thursday.

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