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Weekly Blockchain Blog - July 2025 #2

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According to a recent press release, a major stablecoin consortium announced a new partnership with a leading international crypto exchange. The exchange has now integrated USDG and seeks to offer the stablecoin to its 60...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Staff Clarifies Disclosure Expectations for Crypto Asset Exchange-Traded Products

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The Staff highlighted disclosure-related observations and issues identified during reviews of digital asset ETP filings. On July 1, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporation Finance...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues Statement on Crypto Asset Exchange-Traded Products

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On July 1, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) issued a statement regarding Crypto Asset Exchange-Traded Products (crypto asset ETPs). Crypto asset ETPs are investment products that are listed and traded...more

Paul Hastings LLP

House Announces ‘Crypto Week’ as SEC Issues ETP Guidance and Weighs in on Tokenization

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Congress continues to prioritize digital asset legislation, with the House leadership designating the week of July 14 as “Crypto Week,” when the House plans to vote on three significant pieces of digital asset legislation:...more

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Some Sunshine for Crypto Investment Products: SEC Issues First Comprehensive Disclosure Guidance for Crypto ETPs

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In another step toward regulatory clarity for crypto investment products, the SEC Division of Corporate Finance staff has issued detailed disclosure guidance on how crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) should navigate...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – June 2025

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The SEC’s Crypto Task Force Charts a New Course

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Commissioner Hester Peirce outlined 10 priorities for the Crypto Task Force, aiming for regulatory clarity while promoting innovation in digital asset markets....more

WilmerHale

The SEC Division of Examinations' Fiscal Year 2025 Priorities

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On October 21, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Examinations published its examination priorities for fiscal year 2025.1 In this alert, we offer ten observations for broker-dealers. Our observations...more

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SEC Approves Exchange Listings for Spot Ether ETPs

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On May 23, 2024, the SEC approved exchange rule changes that will allow the listing and trading of a number of spot Ether exchange-traded products (ETPs). Ether is the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization...more

Winstead PC

New Stock Exchange Set to Launch in Texas

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For nearly 200 years after its inception in 1792, the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) faced insignificant competition as the premier stock exchange within the United States. Then, alongside the technological surge of the...more

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SEC Adopts Expanded Exchange Act Dealer Rules: What Do the New SEC Rules Mean for DeFi?

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In March of 2022, the SEC proposed rules to include “any market participant that engages in activities as describe in the rules [as] a ‘dealer’ or ‘government securities dealer[.]’”...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

SEC Answers Questions on New Tailored Shareholder Report Requirements

The staff of the Division of Investment Management (the “Staff”) has issued a FAQ pertaining to the rule and form amendments adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in October 2022, which require...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CryptoLink - January 2024 Updates

Congress continues to plug along on crypto policy. The Senate’s attention – on a bipartisan basis – has been focused on extending Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulatory authority to the digital assets space. This continues to...more

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SEC to Ban Exchange Volume-Based Pricing Tiers

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While the SEC meddling in industry pricing and other commercial matters is not a new phenomenon, a recent SEC proposal reflects an enhanced willingness by the agency to tightly grip the industry’s purse strings (and a slow...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Staff Issues FAQs On Tailored Shareholder Reports

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Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies - Quick Take: The staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (Staff) recently issued responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) covering the SEC’s...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - February 2024

In this issue, we cover regulatory developments from the fourth quarter of 2023 impacting the investment management sector, including the use of shareholder rights plans as an alternative to state control share statutes....more

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Groundbreaking SEC Decision Approves Spot Bitcoin ETP Trading

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a highly anticipated decision authorizing the listing and trading of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETPs) on national listing exchanges. The decision...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Don’t Get Too Excited, but the SEC Approved Bitcoin ETPs

On January 9, a hacker posted from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) official X account. The post announced that the SEC had officially approved exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to hold spot bitcoin. Within 30...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Issues Omnibus Approval for Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Products

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The SEC’s long-awaited green light for spot bitcoin ETPs is welcomed by the market, but the ambivalent decision raises more questions than it answers. On January 10, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more

BCLP

At Long Last: What Crypto’s First Spot Etfs Mean for the Digital Asset Industry

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After years of denials, the SEC has finally approved its first Bitcoin spot ETFs. Reaching this point has involved legal battles, repeated reviews of applications, and much more....more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

SEC Approves Exchange Listing Applications for Spot Bitcoin ETPs

On January 10, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order approving the applications of 11 different spot Bitcoin exchange‑traded products (the “Approved ETPs”) to each list and trade their shares on...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC approves Bitcoin use in 11 exchange-traded products

On January 10, the SEC issued an order approving 11 exchange-traded products (ETPs) holding Bitcoin to be publicly traded. According to the order, the SEC found that the proposed ETPs are consistent with the Securities...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

After Over a Decade of Rejections, SEC Approves 11 New Spot Bitcoin ETPs

Eleven spot bitcoin-based exchange-traded products (ETPs) were finally approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 10, 2024, after multiple such ETPs had been rejected by the SEC over the last ten...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

SEC’s Hacked X Account Leads to Tumultuous Bitcoin Market

The Securities and Exchange Commission has confirmed that its X account “was compromised, and an unauthorized post was posted.” The SEC confirmed that it “has not approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC Greenlights Bitcoin ETFs: What Happened and What It Portends

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On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the launch of several BTC Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs).[1] The approval order resolves the critical legal and regulatory issues entailed in...more

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