SEC


Policy

Unpacking the Latest Bitcoin ETF Rejections

Grayscale and Bitwise saw their bitcoin ETF applications rejected. Have we learned anything new?

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Finance

VanEck Files New Application for Spot Bitcoin ETF

The application comes about eight months after the SEC rejected the investment firm’s last application.

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Markets

Messari Research: DCG’s Barry Silbert Wins From SEC ETF Stalemate, but Investors Lose

Messari’s Ryan Selkis says Grayscale's product is broken, but SEC leadership won't let the company fix it.

Grayscale's new ad campaign can be seen in New York's Penn Station. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Grayscale Sues SEC Over Bitcoin ETF Application Rejection

The SEC rejected Grayscale's application to convert its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust to an exchange-traded fund earlier Wednesday.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Consensus: Invest 2018. (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

SEC Rejects Grayscale’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Application

Grayscale has said it was prepared for “all possible post-ruling scenarios."

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Finance

Grayscale Lines Up Jane Street and Virtu as 'Authorized Participants' if GBTC Converts to ETF

The owner of the $13.5 billion Grayscale Bitcoin Trust awaits an imminent decision from the SEC on its spot Bitcoin ETF proposal.

Grayscale's new ad campaign can be seen in New York's Penn Station. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Grayscale Remains ‘Unequivocally Committed’ to Converting GBTC to an ETF

A July 6 deadline for an SEC ruling on the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust conversion application looms.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk archives)

Opinion

Why the Crypto Crash Will Accelerate Regulatory Action

Recent events that have sent digital assets deeper into a bear market may also instill lawmakers with a new urgency to address issues that have been gnawing at the industry.

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