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If 2018 was the year of the crypto crash, 2019 is surely going to become the year of Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Although 2019 has just started, with a majority of consumers just rejoining the workspace from their holiday hiatuses, cryptocurrency-backed vehicles have already become a hot topic —
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Although the regulatory status of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) remains up in the air, talk on this subject matter has picked up heading into 2019. On one hand, there are an array of optimists claiming that 2019 will be the year of cryptocurrency-backed ETFs. On the other hand, there are cynics
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Bitwise, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency index fund provider, has filed an initial registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, proposing a physically held Bitcoin ETF, the SEC announced on their website on January 10, 2019. Bitwise Files for a new Bitcoin ETF The crypto industry has entered the year with
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Is the SEC Violating the First Amendment Rights of ICO Operators? January 13, 2019 by Paul de Havilland Is the SEC’s gag order tactic in enforcement action settlements a breach of the First Amendment? The regulator’s “neither admit nor deny” policy for defendants who choose to settle when charged with violations
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2018 witnessed a significant uptick in the number of initial coin offerings (ICOs) authorized by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to sell securities to large-scale investors, according to financial news channel MarketWatch, Jan. 11.MarketWatch reportedly compiled its data for 2018 by searching the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering,
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Photo: BitwiseThe company has filed an initial registration form proposing the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Trust with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund would track the Bitwise Bitcoin Total Return Index, which measures the value of Bitcoin plus any “meaningful hard forks.”If the ETF is approved, its
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CEO and co-founder of Goldman Sachs-backed crypto finance company Circle has said the biggest regulatory hurdle facing crypto today is the lack of clarity from the United States securities regulator over how to define various crypto assets.Jeremy Allaire made his remarks in an AMA reddit thread he initiated on Jan.
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United States congressman Darren Soto has said that most cryptocurrencies should not be regulated under the country’s securities regulator. Soto made his comments in an interview with financial news channel Cheddar on Jan. 10.According to Soto, crypto should be overseen by the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Federal
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Cryptocurrency index fund provider Bitwise Asset Management has applied with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a new Bitcoin (BTC) Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), according to a registration form published today, Jan. 10.According to the form, Bitwise’s proposed ETF will track the Bitwise Bitcoin Total Return
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