Time to ‘Treat Like Cases Alike,’ Judge Says in Grayscale ETF Appeal

Ryan Louvar, WisdomTree’s chief legal officer and head of business and legal affairs for digital assets, breaks down the latest in crypto ETFs.

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On today’s “Carpe Consensus,” Danny Nelson dives into the world of crypto news alongside CoinDesk tech reporter Margaux Nijkerk.

[0:34] Inside the Desk: Coinbase finds itself in uncharted territory as it is now a public company … attempting to run a decentralized blockchain. It’s pledged neutrality, as Margaux reports.
[7:05] Ryan Louvar comments on Grayscale’s SEC victory and what it might mean for other spot bitcoin ETF proposals in the review queue. WisdomTree itself is awaiting feedback, though the company has other focuses in the realm of digital assets, including its Europe ETFs and financial app WisdomTree Prime.
[25:07] Danny’s Dungeon: Yearn Finance Voters to Wintermute: Drop Dead

“Carpe Consensus” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl.

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Dan Ilett

Dan Ilett writes on tech, money and energy. He advises business on digital strategy and technology messaging for large deals. He is founder of Erbut - an advisory company - and Greenbang - a smart technology research company.

Danny Nelson

Danny is CoinDesk's managing editor for Data & Tokens. He formerly ran investigations for the Tufts Daily. At CoinDesk, his beats include (but are not limited to): federal policy, regulation, securities law, exchanges, the Solana ecosystem, smart money doing dumb things, dumb money doing smart things and tungsten cubes. He owns BTC, ETH and SOL tokens, as well as the LinksDAO NFT.

Danny Bradbury

Danny Bradbury has been a professional writer since 1989, and has worked freelance since 1994. He covers technology for publications such as the Guardian.

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