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Grayscale victory, SEC delays decision on Bitcoin ETFs: Law Decoded

On Aug. 29, crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments scored a major victory against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in its efforts to convert its over-the-counter Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into a listed Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The U.S. Court of Appeals Circuit Judge Neomi Rao ordered Grayscale’s petition

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SEC Delays Spot Bitcoin ETF Decision for All Applicants

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delayed until October a decision on all spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications submitted by firms including BlackRock, WisdomTree, Invesco Galaxy, Wise Origin, VanEck, Bitwise and Valkyrie Digital Assets, according to agency filings on Thursday. The SEC began reviewing the latest slate of

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SEC delays decision on spot Bitcoin ETF applications from WisdomTree, Invesco, and Valkyrie

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed its decisions on 3 applications for spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. According to SEC filings dated Aug. 31, the commission has designated a longer period in which it may review spot Bitcoin ETF applications from WisdomTree, Invesco, and Valkyrie.

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Crypto community jubilant over Grayscale decision, but uncertainty remains

The crypto community received the decision it had been hoping for when the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Grayscale Investments’ Bitcoin spot ETF application. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejection of the application was overturned.The decision was “a slaughterfest of the SEC arguments,” Cinneamhain

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The Real Reasons the Grayscale Bitcoin ETF Decision Matters

Crypto is salivating not only over the court’s pro-ETF ruling, but anti-SEC comments. The top U.S. securities regulator fell “short of the standard,” made “unexplained” calls and “failed to adequately explain” its argument. In particular, the SEC didn’t make a good enough case for approving some bitcoin-related exchange-traded products (namely

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers appeal decision on bail, citing First Amendment issues

Lawyers representing Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF, have filed an appeal claiming the former FTX CEO’s bail was revoked “in retaliation for him exercising his First Amendment rights” and not witness tampering as alleged.In an Aug. 25 filing in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, SBF’s legal

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