SEC Official Who Oversaw Crypto Cases Leaves for Law Firm Jones Day
Shamoil T. Shipchandler, a former regional director at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) who oversaw several high-profile crypto cases, has left the agency…
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Cboe’s Bitcoin ETF Application Pulled After Repeated SEC Delays
Cboe Global Markets Inc. pulled its application to list the first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, blaming the U.S. government shutdown. The decision was announced in a…
NYSE Arca Files Paperwork for Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Approval
New details have surfaced about the bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposed by Bitwise and NYSE Arca. Bitwise Asset Management announced its intention to launch the ETF earlier this…
Institutional Crypto and a New Generation of Wall Street Leaders
Donna Redel is an angel investor focusing on financial technology, blockchain and emerging technologies, professor of blockchain and a former chairman at the Commodity Exchange.…
Crypto ICO Price Continues to Fall, Likely Due to Growing Regulatory Pressure
Blockchain and crypto projects that raised millions of dollars via tokenized crowdfunding means are now lining up to return their capital to their original investors. Because apparently, they…
The Week: Crypto ETP ‘HODL5’, Bitcoin Cash ‘HashWar’, SEC Charges ICOs
A bloody week indeed for cryptoassets, where the total market cap has lost more than 19% as of today. Starting on Wednesday, Bitcoin’s 16% intraday…
Thailand to Legitimize First ICO ‘Portal’ via New Regulation, Says SEC Head
Thailand’s securities regulator will clear “at least one” Initial Coin Offering (ICO) “portal” to operate legally in November, local daily news outlet Bangkok Post reported Nov. 8. Speaking…
Bitcoin Cash Spikes 20 Percent in the Wake of Upcoming Hard Fork Backed by Binance
Sunday, Nov. 4: crypto markets have seen a lot movement today, with most of the top 20 coins by market cap seeing significant growth, and…
5 Reasons Why A Bitcoin ETF Will Be Approved
The Bitcoin ETF saga continues this week, with further word from the now famous VanEck Bitcoin ETF application. In case you’re not familiar or you’ve…
Former CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler: ICOs Should be Considered Securities
Former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Gary Gensler said that most tokens sold through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) should be classified as securities,…