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SEC’s Grayscale Court Rout Puts Agency in Will-They, Won’t-They Role Starring Gensler

A strong court win for the crypto spot-market ETF fight isn’t the end of the battle, because the next move belongs to the SEC, though it’s now significantly weakened.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, run by Chair Gary Gensler, is under court order to rethink Grayscale's bitcoin ETF. (Photo illustration by Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk, with Getty image)

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Coinbase, Tarred as an Illicit Exchange by the SEC, Quietly Got Regulated Elsewhere in the U.S.

The firm’s new futures commission merchant status at the CFTC may undermine the other U.S. markets regulator – the SEC – and bolster the case for ether as a commodity.

Coinbase Inc. quietly cleared a major hurdle for getting regulated in the U.S., though it's not with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (CoinDesk)

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Republican Lawmakers Demand Gensler Tell Them How Prometheum Got SEC Approval

Patrick McHenry, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, rounded up all of his panel's Republicans to question the SEC and FINRA about the company’s unique status.

Republican lawmakers are questioning Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler on how Prometheum got its registration. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Coinbase's New Blockchain Sees Muted Inflows on Launch Day; Is a Spot Bitcoin ETF Coming?

“CoinDesk Daily” host Jennifer Sanasie dives into today’s hottest stories in crypto, as the Securities and Exchange Commission seeks to appeal a judge's ruling on Ripple's programmatic sales of XRP. Dune analytics tracks inflows to Coinbase’s newly launched 'Base' blockchain. And, Matrixport analysts predict that the SEC will likely greenlight several spot bitcoin ETFs in quick succession, leading to another rally for bitcoin's (BTC) price.

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Why I Don’t Feel Bad for HEX Founder Richard Heart’s Victims

Maybe the Securities and Exchange Commission can finally convince Hex and PulseChain devotees that they’ve been cheated.

(Richard Heart/YouTube)

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Binance Feels Strain of World’s Regulators Leaping Into Action

This week’s Australian probe, which sought out Binance employees outside the office, is only one of a growing list of legal entanglements facing the world’s biggest crypto exchange.

Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao (CoinDesk, modified by PhotoMosh)

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BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Application Refiled, Naming Coinbase as ‘Surveillance-Sharing’ Partner

Refiled application by Nasdaq to list a BlackRock bitcoin ETF follows a report last week that the SEC deemed earlier proposals "inadequate" since they didn't specify the name of the underlying market in so-called surveillance-sharing agreements.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

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The Crypto Industry’s New Favorite Punching Bag – Prometheum – Asks for a Chance

Its SEC-praising co-CEO insists he’s pro-crypto and just needs a little time to prove his company can trade digital assets, even if the token issuers would rather it didn’t.

Prometheum founder and co-CEO Aaron Kaplan went on CoinDesk TV to discuss is Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker-dealer license approval. (CoinDesk)

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U.S. Judge Rejects Binance.US Complaint Over SEC Press Release

The exchange had complained that regulators made “misleading” public statements about the Binance’s handling of customer funds.

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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A Straightforward Explanation for Why Financial Giants Want to Issue a Spot Bitcoin ETF

Hint: It likely has to do with making money.

Bitcoin superó máximos de un mes, pero analistas advierten sobre la volatilidad. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)