SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, known as 'Crypto Mom' for her advocacy of digital assets, announced her resignation effective next week after years of service. In one of her final speeches, she called for reducing KYC data collection and implementing zero-knowledge proofs to protect privacy.
Crypto.com's US-regulated derivatives exchange Nadex registered with the SEC to trade security futures products through its OG.com platform. The registration enables the company to offer single-stock perpetuals to US customers.
Grayscale amended its SEC filing for Zcash Trust's potential conversion to a spot ETF on NYSE Arca. A Digital Currency Group affiliate is considering contributing approximately 200,000 ZEC to the trust in exchange for shares.
Fidelity Investments filed with the SEC to add staking to its spot Ether ETF (FETH), which has $898 million in net assets. The fund would stake up to 100% of its holdings and distribute rewards to investors quarterly, keeping 15% of gross staking rewards.
The SEC has halted Nasdaq's approval of QBTC Bitcoin options to reconsider the decision after CME Group filed a legal challenge, arguing the approval process was flawed and gave Nasdaq an unfair competitive advantage.
Tokenization platform Securitize gained SEC investment adviser registration through its subsidiary, partnered with Uniswap Labs on permissioned trading pools for tokenized assets, and saw South Korea's Hanwha Group become its largest shareholder with a 9.6% stake.
Asset manager Franklin Templeton filed with the SEC for two new exchange-traded funds that would hold baskets of U.S. stocks and automatically reinvest dividends into Bitcoin, tracking new VettaFi 'Bitcoin DRIP' indices.
Prometheum has opened Ethereum trading using an SEC- and FINRA-approved special-purpose broker-dealer license after nearly 10 years of regulatory preparation, marking a milestone in regulated crypto trading infrastructure.
A federal judge in California has certified a class of Nvidia investors alleging the chipmaker failed to properly disclose billions of dollars in crypto-related GPU revenue. The certification allows the securities case to advance toward potential trial.
