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Bitcoin Instantly Topped Silver in ETF Market and Trails Only Gold Among Commodities

The newly launched bitcoin exchange-traded funds already have nearly $30 billion in assets under management. Silver ETFs only have $11 billion.

Bitcoin ETFs had more assets than silver ETFs the instant the SEC approved them last week. (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Industry Goes Nuclear With Uranium-Linked Tokens

The Uranium3o8 tokens are backed by uranium from the publicly-listed Canadian exploration and development firm Madison Metals.

Uranium3o8 website (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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U.S. Court Calls ETH a Commodity; Binance to 'Gradually' End Support for BUSD Products

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the hottest stories in crypto today. Elon Musk's social media platform, X, obtains money or currency transmitter licenses in seven U.S. states. A New York court is classifying ether and bitcoin as "commodities", what it means for a proposed class action lawsuit against Uniswap. Plus, the timeline for Binance ending support for its BUSD stablecoin.

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Securities vs. Commodities: Why It Matters For Crypto

The debate over whether cryptocurrencies should be defined as securities, like stocks, or commodities, like wheat or gold, has implications for whether, how and by whom they are regulated.

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Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner on the Role of Privacy for Digital Transactions

At Consensus 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner, Christy Romero, discusses the ideas of digital identity and financial privacy.

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Policy

U.S. CFTC Chief Behnam Reinforces View of Ether as Commodity

That view differs from the apparent SEC view that ETH may be a security.

CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Policy

Indonesia Delays Crypto-Stock Exchange Launch Again, This Time Until June: Report

The government, which is in the process of changing regulators for crypto, had initially planned to roll out the trading platform by end-2021.

Jakarta  (Abdul Azis/Getty Images)

Policy

Indonesia Regulatory Switch Could See Crypto Classed as Securities, Not Commodities

A new law in Indonesia not only changes the crypto regulatory environment, it could also broaden the industry’s development in the country.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo. (Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images)

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Co-Author of Biden's Executive Order on Crypto Explains How to Get Clarity in Defining Digital Assets

Following U.S. President Joe Biden's executive order that directed federal entities to comprehensively regulate the industry, regulatory uncertainty still remains in the crypto markets. One of its authors Carole House, who is a former White House director of cybersecurity and secure digital innovation at the National Security Council and currently an executive in residence at Terranet Ventures, cites the The Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act to clarify the definition around securities versus commodities.

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Markets

Investors’ Time Horizons Will Determine Their Bitcoin Positions

The most recent Commitment of Traders report, released each Tuesday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, shows that reportable positions for asset managers are now 80% long and 20% short bitcoin futures.

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