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SEC commissioner Allison Lee departs, readying financial regulator for Jaime Lizárraga

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Allison Herren Lee, one of five members of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s board, has officially left the regulatory body after more than three years as a commissioner. In a Friday announcement, chair Gary Gensler and commissioners Hester Peirce, Mark Uyeda, and Caroline Crenshaw said Lee had left the SEC, where in 2005 she started as a staff attorney at the agency’s enforcement division at a regional office in Denver. She moved on to be appointed a commissioner in 2019 under the former presidential administration, and later served…

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Judge denies SEC motion to keep Hinman docs secret in Ripple case

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suffered a blow in its case against Ripple, after a U.S. judge has denied its claims for attorney-client privilege regarding internal documents related to the “Hinman speech”. In denying the motion on July 12, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn called out the SEC’s hypocrisy in arguing that the speech — in which a former official Bill Hinman suggested ETH was not a security — was a personal matter for Hinman while also claiming it should be protected because he received legal advice from…

SEC extends window to decide on ARK 21Shares spot Bitcoin ETF to August

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has pushed the deadline to approve or disapprove ARK 21Shares’ Bitcoin exchange-traded fund to August 30. According to a Tuesday filing from the SEC, the regulatory body extended the deadline for approving or disapproving the ARK 21Shares spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF from July 16 for an additional 45 days, to August 30. The application, originally filed with the SEC in May and published for comment in the Federal Register on June 1, included a proposed rule change from the Chicago Board Options Exchange…

World’s largest bitcoin fund sues SEC over crypto ETF rejection

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Digital currency asset manager Grayscale is suing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in response to its latest rejection of the company’s prospective spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund. Last Wednesday, the SEC denied Grayscale’s application to convert its bitcoin trust to a spot ETF. The company filed a lawsuit the same day.  Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, under the ticker GBTC, is the world’s biggest publicly traded bitcoin fund. “We were simply asking the SEC to hold this product to a higher standard, to give it greater investor protection and give greater risk…

SEC Still Against Spot-based Bitcoin ETFs. Is There A Light At The End Of The Tunnel?

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With the approvals of futures bitcoin ETFs, firms have taken it one step further and have applied with the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) for spot-based bitcoin ETFs. However, unlike their futures and short counterparts, the spot ETFs have not found favor in the eyes of the regulatory watchdog. And as more spot-based bitcoin ETF applications are declined by the SEC, questions have arisen about whether the market will see one anytime soon. Grayscale And Bitwise Applications Rejected Over the last month, anticipation had built up regarding spot-based Bitcoin ETF…

VanEck refiles with SEC for spot Bitcoin ETF

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VanEck, one of the first firms in the world to ever file for a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF), is not giving up on its plans to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States. The firm has refiled an application for a physically-backed Bitcoin ETF with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Filed on June 24, VanEck’s latest Bitcoin ETF application comes months after the SEC rejected its previous spot Bitcoin ETF request on Nov. 12, 2021. The securities regulator based its decision on the ETF on…

Grayscale Files Lawsuit Against SEC Over Spot Bitcoin ETF Rejection – Finance Bitcoin News

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Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest digital currency asset manager, has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) challenging the securities regulator’s decision to reject its application to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust to a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Grayscale Takes SEC to Court Over Spot Bitcoin ETF Application Grayscale Investments filed a “petition for review” Wednesday challenging the decision by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to deny the company’s application to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) to a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund…