The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed civil charges and sought an emergency asset freeze against First Liberty Building & Loan, LLC, a lending institution based in Newnan, Georgia, and its founder and owner, Edwin Brant Frost IV. The SEC alleges that the firm and its owner orchestrated a Ponzi scheme that defrauded […]
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Coinbase lodged a lawsuit against Governor Kotek, accusing her office of stonewalling it after requesting documents tied to past charges.
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Grayscale is challenging the SEC's s decision to put a pause on its multi-crypto fund and says investors are "suffering harm."
A new registration filing has been made for an exchange-traded fund that tracks the daily performance of TRON.
As companies ramp up efforts to bring tokenized stocks in the U.S., the SEC's Hester Peirce is drawing a line in the sand.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is known to be critical of the crypto industry, released standards to regulate that sector.
Spirits are undoubtedly high that the SEC will greenlight multiple spot crypto ETFs as key stakeholders in the coming months.
Truth Social, the media platform affiliated with US President Donald Trump, has submitted a new application to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a spot crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF). The proposed vehicle, titled the Truth Social Crypto Blue Chip ETF, aims to provide direct exposure to a basket of leading digital assets, including […]
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Regulatory tailwinds are set to usher in an "equity tokenization wave," according to analysts at research and brokerage firm Bernstein.
SIFMA met with the SEC on Thursday to discuss digital asset issuance, digital commodities and tokenized securities.
The Commission’s pause on Grayscale’s Digital Large Cap Fund ETF is likely tied to listing standards, not politics, sources say.
Following the SEC's decision to put a pause on a Grayscale ETF, a spokesperson for the company says it "remains committed" to trying to list.
With U.S. policy finally unlocking growth, Santori sees now as the moment to invest in the convergence of the two worlds.
The SEC's commissioners are reviewing Grayscale's uplisting of a large cap fund, a letter from the agency said.
The SEC put a pause on converting the Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund LLC a day after agency staff greenlit the fund to begin trading.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has addressed growing concerns from investors caught in the regulatory storm surrounding Linqto. Linqto is a private investment platform that sells access to the crypto payment firm’s equity through secondary markets. In a July 2 post on X, Garlinghouse clarified that Ripple has never had a formal relationship with Linqto and […]
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A trade association is urging the SEC to deny companies the opportunity to offer tokenized equities through specific exemptive relief.
The SEC approved on an "accelerated basis" an exchange-traded fund that looks to convert the Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund LLC.
June 2025 was a landmark month for US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as they collectively secured nearly $6 billion in fresh inflows. This impressive performance marks one of their strongest showings this year, reflecting heightened institutional interest in crypto. According to SoSoValue data, Bitcoin-focused ETFs attracted the lion’s share of the funds, […]
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A Solana ETF that will track the price and deliver staking yields to holders will begin trading on Wednesday, according REX Shares.
The decision, announced by Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse on Friday, comes shortly after a New York judge blocked the company’s second attempt to settle the case for $50 million.
Ripple is turning the page and closing the chapter on its years-long case with the SEC, according to its CEO Brad Garlinghouse.
Bitwise Asset Management has quietly nudged Dogecoin one step closer to Wall Street’s ETF club, filing an amended S-1 on 26 June that for the first time allows “in-kind” creations and redemptions. The tweak is more than procedural. It lines the proposed Bitwise Dogecoin ETF up with the operational playbook the US Securities and Exchange Commission already blessed for spot-bitcoin and spot-ether products, and it signals that SEC staff are now deep in the weeds on the mechanics of custody and settlement. Signs Point To Dogecoin ETF Approval “Bitwise has filed amended S-1s for their spot Dogecoin ETF and their spot Aptos ETFs. Good signs as it indicates SEC engagement, and tracks with other spot approvals,” Bloomberg Intelligence senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas wrote on X. He underscored the importance of the new language: “One HUGE update to the filing is ‘in-kind’ creations and redemptions… Near-lock at this point that in-kind will be allowed in spot ETFs across board.” Related Reading: Dogecoin Flashes Rare Buy Signal—But One Move Could Ruin It The change matters because in-kind processing lets authorized participants swap DOGE directly for ETF shares (and vice versa) without the tax friction and slippage that accompany the cash-only model imposed on futures-based crypto funds. The SEC’s willingness to consider that structure for a dog-branded altcoin would have seemed fanciful a year ago. It now appears consistent with the regulator’s post-bitcoin-ETF détente, during which issuers also sought in-kind redemptions. Approval odds are converging on the high end of the spectrum. Less than a week ago, Balchunas and fellow analyst James Seyffart raised their probability for “the vast majority” of pending altcoin ETFs—including Dogecoin—to “90 percent or higher,” citing what Seyffart called “very positive” SEC engagement. Related Reading: Dogecoin Crash Far From Over? Analyst Reveals The Target Notably, that optimism has not fully washed into prediction markets: on Polymarket, the contract titled “Doge ETF approved in 2025?” was trading around 69% early Friday morning in Europe, while a shorter-dated line for approval by 31 July priced in barely 13% odds. Dogecoin Price Stalls (For Now) Dogecoin itself has yet to reflect the regulatory tail-wind. The token changed hands near $0.161—down roughly 2% on the day. Technical trader Kevin (@Kev_Capital_TA) argues that bulls still control the longer-term picture: on his weekly chart, DOGE has respected a momentum breakout line traced back to late-2022 on five separate tests, each time spring-boarding into “major bounces.” He pegs the “line in the sand” at the $0.143–0.127 support band: “ Yet Kevin cautions that meme-coin exuberance ultimately hinges on the Federal Reserve, not tweet-driven hype. In a separate post this week, he noted that fresh highs in bitcoin dominance continue to ride “restrictive monetary policy and an uncertain geopolitical environment.” Alt-season, he wrote, will require the end of quantitative tightening and a tangible decline in the US terminal rate—conditions absent since late-2023 and still distant according to Fed-funds futures. At press time, DOGE traded at $0.16123. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
In a five-page ruling issued Thursday, District Judge Analisa Torres bristled at the parties’ request she dissolve a permanent injunction ordering Ripple to obey the law.
US District Judge Analisa Torres has denied a joint request from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple Labs to dissolve an earlier court order and lower Ripple’s financial penalty. The ruling, issued on June 26, firmly rejected the attempt to undo a prior judgment tied to Ripple’s violations of securities laws through […]
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A New York judge has denied a request from Ripple and the SEC to lift an injunction, which could have ultimately significantly cut fines.
In-kind redemptions for crypto exchange-traded funds could be coming, according to one of the SEC's top leads Hester Peirce.
The frameworks propose bringing assets like stocks, bonds, and funds onchain as well as carve outs for autonomous, non-custodial blockchain protocols.