Tagged: sec

April 20, 2026 @ 3:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

After four years of virtual stasis, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) is doing what it should be doing and seeking ways to improve markets. The Committee’s next meeting, scheduled for April 28th, will discuss the moribund IPO… Read More

April 20, 2026 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DTCC and CME Group jointly announced they have secured necessary approvals from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to roll out an enhanced cross-margining framework. The initiative aims to deliver greater capital and margin efficiencies to a… Read More

April 15, 2026 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

In a busy day for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a significant change impacting smaller investors has been announced, thus driving shares of retail brokerage firms higher. Under the new rule, which saw its comment period end in February, the old Pattern Day Trader… Read More

April 14, 2026 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ondo Finance has recently taken a major step toward regulatory clarity in the tokenized asset space, submitting a formal no-action letter request to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The move seeks staff confirmation that the agency would not recommend enforcement action against the… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 5:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

In another big win for the crypto industry, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Markets and Trading, has issued a statement today indicating that certain software user interfaces used to trade crypto do not need to register as broker-dealers. The SEC, under the… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 1:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise Asset Management has recently taken another step forward in its effort to bring a spot exchange-traded fund tied to Hyperliquid’s native HYPE token to market. In the latest amendment to its US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration statement, the firm named prominent digital-asset… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 5:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Securitize this week announced that Brett Redfearn, former Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Trading and Markets, has been appointed president of the company. He also joins Securitize’s board of directors. Redfearn will work with Securitize’s leadership team to scale the… Read More

April 9, 2026 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has selected David Woodcock to become the Director of the Division of Enforcement Selected. Enforcement is the largest division of the SEC. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said he was incredibly pleased to have Woodcock step in and lead the… Read More

April 8, 2026 @ 9:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A forward-looking regulatory proposal designed to give cryptocurrency projects breathing room at launch has now advanced to the highest levels of executive review. US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins confirmed that the initiative would let new digital asset ventures begin operations without… Read More

April 7, 2026 @ 2:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, a leading online investment platform that provides access to capital for issuers as well as access to secondary offerings, recently met with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to discuss key issues which will impact online capital markets as well as secondary trading of… Read More

April 7, 2026 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Reg Crypto is still on track, at least as was recently expressed by Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins. The Chairman has spoken about creating an “innovation exemption” in the past but according to Alex Thorn, posting on X, Atkins reiterated the concept at… Read More

April 1, 2026 @ 5:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) saw an 18% reduction in employees as of the end of September 2025. This is part of the Trump Administration’s overall ambition to reduce the size of government, which continues to bloat. Excluding the post office, there were around… Read More

March 30, 2026 @ 12:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission, Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC), is scheduled to reconvene on April 28th. The meeting will be livestreamed and available to the public. At the last SBCFAC gathering, in February, the group discussed issues like Finders and secondary markets… Read More

March 25, 2026 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At the Digital Asset Summit 2026 in New York, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins delivered a clear message: the agencies’ recent joint interpretative release on crypto assets marks only the beginning of meaningful progress. “The interpretative release is not a panacea,” he stated. “It’s really just… Read More

March 23, 2026 @ 9:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fidelity Investments has formally called on the US Securities and Exchange Commission to make updates to longstanding regulations that govern broker-dealers engaged in cryptocurrency activities. In a detailed submission dated March 20, 2026, the firm responded to Commissioner Hester Peirce’s December 2025 request for public… Read More

March 23, 2026 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of recent advancements for digital asset derivatives, major exchanges affiliated with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) have proceeded with the elimination of special position and exercise limits on options contracts for various spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs). NYSE Arca and… Read More

March 22, 2026 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of ongoing developments signaling deepening institutional interest in emerging digital assets and blockchain ecosystems, crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments has officially registered a new exchange-traded fund with U.S. regulators. The proposed product, known as the Grayscale HYPE ETF, is structured as a spot… Read More

March 22, 2026 @ 4:10 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency overall dominated Web3 minds this week, but interest rates, AI, and the Mastercard/BVNK deal also caught their eyes. SEC and CFTC’s newly released joint “token taxonomy” “The regulatory clarity provided in this guidance extends far beyond basic cryptocurrencies, addressing key growth sectors… Read More

March 20, 2026 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic pointed out that on March 17, 2026, the US Securities and Exchange Commission released a detailed interpretation that brings much-needed transparency to the digital asset space. Elliptic also explained that this guidance arrives in the wake of a formal agreement with… Read More

March 18, 2026 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

When crypto first hit the scene, global regulators were caught like deer in the headlights, confused and uncertain how to manage digital assets. Rules were effectively drawn from laws enacted before the internet was a dream, and in the US, the touchstone, the Howey Test… Read More