Securities and Exchange Commission chair Paul Atkins has confirmed a major shift in crypto regulation, stating that “very few tokens” should be classified as securities. His comments, which are a stark contrast to his predecessor Gary Gensler’s view that the vast majority of crypto assets were securities, came at the SALT Wyoming Blockchain Symposium 2025 […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may be entering a new phase in its approach to digital assets. This shift may have gone largely unnoticed by the market, according to Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management. Market Sleeping On SEC’s Pivot? In a recent investor note, Hougan pointed to the speech […]
A new court filing on August 7 from the US Securities and Exchange Commission and Ripple Labs stated that both parties have agreed to dismiss their appeals. The move has brought official closure to one of the longest-drawn-out and most closely observed crypto lawsuits in history. In the joint stipulation of dismissal filed with the […]
On Tuesday, the SEC approved orders to permit in-kind creations and redemptions by authorized participants for crypto asset ETFs. The orders approved “reflect a departure from recently approved spot Bitcoin and Ether ETPs, which were limited to creations and redemptions on an in-cash basis,” the Commission stated. With today’s approval orders, crypto ETFs will be […]
Ripple has just announced that it will drop its cross-appeal against the SEC, signaling the end of a years-long legal siege. CEO Brad Garlinghouse declared: “We’re closing this chapter once and for all.” With the SEC expected to reciprocate, XRP surged by 5% at one point to $2.2. But beneath the modest green candle lies […]
TL;DR US District Judge Analisa Torres has ruled against the SEC and Ripple in their joint motion filed earlier this year. The legal case between the two, which started over four and a half years ago, has yet to reach a conclusive end despite Garlinghouse’s announcement in March. JUST IN: Judge Torres has denied @Ripple […]
The case between Ripple Labs and the US Securities and Exchange Commission received a long-awaited updated on June 16th, as the institution submitted a status report, which more or less asks for an extension of a previous deadline. Ripple vs. SEC Lawsuit Update As CryptoPotato reported earlier this month, both parties managed to reach an agreement regarding […]
Nasdaq has submitted a 19b-4 filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking approval to list the 21Shares SUI ETF. The filing, which is now published in the SEC’s public register, initiates the formal beginning of the regulatory review process and follows 21Shares’ S-1 registration statement, which was filed in April. Bringing SUI […]
“The American values of economic liberty, private property rights, and innovation are in the DNA of the DeFi movement,” said SEC Chair Paul Atkins at the regulator’s latest Crypto Task Force Roundtable on decentralized finance on June 9. Atkins criticized applying “century-old regulatory frameworks” to DeFi and blockchain innovation, noting that current securities rules were […]
On May 29, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance provided its views on staking on networks that use proof-of-stake as a consensus mechanism. The Division concluded that protocol staking activities do not constitute securities offerings under federal securities laws and no registration is required. “Accordingly, it is the Division’s view that participants in Protocol Staking […]