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SEC Chair Atkins Adopts Softer Enforcement, Signals Pro-Crypto Regulatory Shift
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins has announced a fundamental shift away from the aggressive enforcement practices that characterized the Biden administration. Speaking to the Financial Times, Atkins shared...
Bill Morgan Says Coinbase Is Making It Hard to Stay Angry Over XRP Delisting
Pro-XRP lawyer Bill Morgan said Coinbase is making it challenging to stay permanently angry at the exchange for delisting XRP. His remarks came as Coinbase escalated its fight with the...
Senate Draft Bill Gains Experts’ Praise for Strongest Developer Protections in Crypto Law
The Senate Banking Committee’s latest market structure discussion draft has received positive initial reactions from cryptocurrency industry leaders. The 182-page “Responsible Financial Innovation Act of 2025” text, released Friday afternoon,...
SEC and CFTC Issue Vague Crypto Statement, But Lawyers Say Nothing Has Changed
The SEC and CFTC issued a new joint statement on crypto, but prominent crypto lawyers are already calling it a “nothingburger.” While regulators are celebrating the move as a major...
XRP ETF vs. Bitcoin: Will ‘Capital Rotation’ Sink the King?
A crypto analyst has highlighted the massive potential of a spot XRP ETF, suggesting that if approved, it could significantly disrupt the market’s capital flow. Will a Spot XRP ETF...
Unicoin Hits Back at SEC, Claims Regulator is Pushing “Fabricated Narrative”
Digital asset company Unicoin is firing back at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, asking a New York federal court to dismiss the agency’s lawsuit and accusing the regulator of...
XRP Advocate Slams Ex-SEC Counsel Tenreiro for Omitting Ripple Case Loss in Bio
XRP advocate Bill Morgan has criticized former SEC lead counsel Jorge Tenreiro’s selective presentation of his litigation record after joining Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP as a partner. Morgan...
“Very Few Tokens Are Securities”: SEC Chair Paul Atkins Makes His Stance Clear
The new head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Paul Atkins, has reinforced his stance that only a small number of digital tokens should be classified as securities. ...
SEC Delays XRP ETF Decisions to October 2025, Extends Reviews for Major Issuers
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed decisions on multiple XRP exchange-traded fund applications until October 2025, but extended review periods for major issuers like Canary Capital, Bitwise, CoinShares,...
SEC vs Ripple: Agency Files Status Report to Confirm XRP Case Closure
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a status report with the Court of Appeals to confirm a joint venture with Ripple Labs to end the long-standing...
US SEC Launches ‘Project Crypto’ to Overhaul Rules and Become Global Digital Asset Hub
SEC Chair Paul Atkins outlined a sweeping regulatory modernization effort on Fox Business, introducing “Project Crypto” as a central initiative to update decades-old securities rules for the digital asset era....
Fed Ends Specialized Crypto Oversight, Returns to Standard Bank Supervision
The Federal Reserve has announced it will phase out its specialized oversight framework for banks engaged in cryptocurrency and fintech ventures. Introduced in 2023, the program specifically targeted novel banking...
SEC’s Hester Peirce Gives a “Green Light, With Rules” for Tokenization
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce stated that the market, not regulators, should determine which tokenization models succeed. In an interview on August 12, she said the SEC is open to working...
SEC Commissioner Proposes US-UK Crypto Sandbox for Tokenized Assets Innovation
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has proposed a cross-border regulatory sandbox allowing firms to test blockchain-based technologies under unified conditions across the US and UK jurisdictions. The initiative targets digital securities,...
XRP News: Ripple No Longer a “Bad Actor”; SEC Grants Key Waiver After Lawsuit Ends
Ripple has scored another major legal victory against the SEC. Just days after their main lawsuit officially ended, the regulator has now waived the “Bad Actor” disqualification that had been...
Ripple vs. SEC Lawsuit Is Over; What’s the XRP Price Prediction Now?
The nearly five-year legal battle between Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is officially over. Both parties filed a joint dismissal on Thursday, August 7, formally...
XRP ETF Odds Drop to 62% on SEC News, But Bloomberg Analyst Holds at 95%
Traders on the prediction market Polymarket have slashed their odds for an XRP ETF approval, dropping the chances from 86% to just 62% in these last two days. This sudden...
Ripple CLO to Congress: Don’t Classify All Crypto as Securities Indefinitely
Ripple Labs’ Chief Legal Officer, Stuart Alderoty, has submitted a formal response to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs regarding its proposed digital asset market structure. ...
“Procrustean Bed” No More: SEC to Adopt Flexible Rules for Crypto, Says Atkins
Paul Atkins, the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has announced a new regulatory initiative called “Project Crypto.” The program’s goal is to integrate blockchain technologies directly...
SEC Brings Out “Project Crypto” to Make U.S. the Blockchain Capital of the World
In a landmark speech on July 31st, SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins announced “Project Crypto”, a Commission-wide initiative to overhaul the agency’s approach to digital assets. The goal is to...
SEC’s “Project Crypto” Announcement Marred by False ETH Security Rumors
In a move to catch up with the fast-moving pace of crypto, SEC Chair Paul Atkins has launched “Project Crypto,” an effort to modernize US financial rules and bring parts...
SEC Announces “Project Crypto,” but a Grammar Debate Stole the Show
A supposedly insignificant detail in one of the blockchain industry’s most common terminologies has caused a debate among crypto industry leaders. An argument arose among top Coinbase officials after the...
With $60B in Staked SOL on the Line, Firms Update ETF Filings to Meet SEC Expectations
The race to launch a U.S. spot Solana (SOL) exchange-traded fund (ETF) has entered a decisive new stage, with all known applicants making a significant, uniform change to their filings....
SEC Pseudo-Outsources Crypto ETF Decisions to CFTC Through Futures Rule
The SEC has effectively transferred crypto ETF approval authority to the CFTC by establishing futures contracts as the primary qualification standard for digital asset exchange-traded products. Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart...
US SEC Approves Two Major Upgrades for Crypto ETFs: “In-Kind” Redemptions and 10x Options Limit
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially approved “in-kind” creation and redemption for spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. The order, dated July 29, marks a major operational upgrade...
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