The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that its Crypto task force will visit Miami on January 27 to meet directly with the early-stage Crypto builders and Startups. The main goal is to listen to the Crypto community and gather feedback before finalizing new Crypto regulations. Hester Peirce
One of Wall Street’s biggest financial firms, Morgan Stanley, has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer two kinds of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to the value of Bitcoin and Solana, two of the most popular digital currencies. The documents were filed with the SEC
Caroline Crenshaw, who served as a Commissioner in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), officially left the Agency on January 2, 2026. Her absence changes how the Crypto regulation decision would take place by the other three Commissioners, as Caroline was the one who was the strongest opposition to
US Representative Maxine Waters called for an oversight hearing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, expressing concerns regarding what she feels is a marked and troubling shift in the commission’s approach to crypto regulation. In a letter sent Sunday to French Hill, chair of the House Financial Services Committee
Digital asset manager CoinShares has taken the step of formally pulling back its three crypto exchange-traded fund proposals from the consideration of federal securities regulators. The firm has decided to back out of the regulatory reviews that had been ongoing for several months by submitting withdrawal letters for the ETFs
The SEC just handed Fuse Crypto a no action letter on November 24, saying they won’t chase charges. That is over the company’s energy rewards token as long as it sticks to the plan laid out. That means Fuse can sell the token without registering it as a security under
The SEC’s Crypto Task Force is hosting a big crypto privacy roundtable on December 15 to talk about privacy in crypto and how it fits with the usual money monitoring rules. It’s not a rule making session, just an open chat between regulators and industry folks. And it will be
BlackRock has registered its iShares Staked Ethereum Trust in Delaware, an important step forward for staking-type crypto investment products. Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas noted that the registration could soon lead to a formal filing under the Securities Act of 1933. BlackRock has previously gone through the same process for both
The Securities and Exchange Commission has removed digital assets from its examination priorities, which marks a major shift away from regulation. The Division of Examinations at the agency released its fiscal 2026 priorities, which lack a discrete section related to crypto, when previously issued agendas had sections devoted to crypto.
VanEck is moving forward in a big way with its Solana exchange-traded fund opening the way for the Form 8-A submission to the Securities and Exchange Commission. This filing is the last regulatory checkpoint before the actual trading, thus, the product can be expected to see the light of day
