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Now, three new amicus briefs, which allow parties who are interested but not directly affected by the case to aid the court’s reasoning, argue crypto is neither significant nor special, and that the SEC can take on digital assets under existing law. Source
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Summary: Gary Gensler’s SEC rejected Grayscale’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund application citing fraud and market manipulation concerns.The digital asset manager sought regulatory permission to switch its BTC spot trust index to an ETF, changing the product’s structure and reducing a huge discount on the asset.CEO Michael Sonnenshein promised his company would
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"The CFTC is not suing technology, as Amici claim: The CFTC’s action is not against the blockchain-based Ooki Protocol, but against the Ooki DAO — an association that acts and makes collective decisions regarding the Ooki Protocol through voting by its governance token holders," the CFTC argued. "The factors Amici
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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released a policy brief Wednesday on cryptocurrency. It is the third brief in a row the agency has dedicated to crypto, and together they represent a detailed assessment of the risks crypto presents for developing economies and options for resolving those
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New York-based blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis has launched a new initiative to shed more light on the scope of its latest cryptocurrency crime analyses. Published on May 4, three installments of the firm’s new Crypto Crime Intelligence Briefs provide insights into the mechanisms and routes being used for illicit transactions in
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