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SEC staff clarifies when staking tokens may avoid securities rules
SEC staff has clarified when staking receipt tokens may be treated as digital tools rather than securities under U.S. law, alongside new answers on wrapped assets,…
SEC
Hester Peirce
SEC’s Peirce backs zero-knowledge proofs for KYC
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce urged regulators to use zero-knowledge proofs to reduce personal data collection in KYC and AML compliance.
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Ripple’s Schwartz compares Glock case to SEC fight
Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz compared Connecticut's Glock lawsuit to Ripple's SEC battle as a federal court set a Sept. 29 hearing.
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SEC tokenized-stock exemption opens Coinbase path
SEC's five-year tokenized-stock exemption opens permissioned AMM trading, with analysts seeing potential benefits for Coinbase, Robinhood and Circle.
CFTC
Kalshi seeks CFTC approval for stock perpetuals
Kalshi filed for U.S. stock and ETF perpetual futures with 23-hour weekday trading as CFTC approval and a Nov. 2 start remain pending.
Clarity Act
Fed hikes rates, CLARITY fails, SEC backs tokenized stocks | Weekly recap
In this week’s edition of the weekly recap, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023, the CLARITY Act stalled in the…
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SEC tokenized stock plan puts investor rights ahead of trading speed
The SEC has opened a five-year pathway for tokenized U.S. stocks that requires each approved token to carry the economic, voting, dividend, and liquidation rights attached…
Crypto.com
Crypto.com registers Nadex for U.S. stock futures
Crypto.com’s Nadex registered with the SEC for security futures and disclosed plans for 10 cash-settled single-stock futures in the U.S.
Clarity Act
CLARITY Act setback may delay US crypto launches: Experts
The Senate’s 50-49 failure to advance the CLARITY Act has left crypto firms without a federal market structure framework and could delay product launches, funding decisions,…
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SEC grants 5-year exemption for tokenized stock trading
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has granted tokenized securities venues five years of conditional relief to trade tokenized U.S. stocks through permissioned automated market makers…