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The SEC Is Getting Clearer About How It Plans to Regulate Crypto

We're reading between the lines of Grayscale's recent disclosures about SEC inquiries.

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Grayscale, Disclosing SEC Queries, Says Cryptos XLM, ZEC, ZEN May Be Securities

Digital asset manager Grayscale Investments has been fielding questions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the firm’s "securities law analysis" of tokens in some of its less-popular crypto trusts. For the first time, Grayscale acknowledged that ZEC, ZEN and XLM “may currently be a security, based on the facts as they exist today.”

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Grayscale, Disclosing SEC Queries, Says Cryptos XLM, ZEC, ZEN May Be Securities

The three tokens “may currently be a security, based on the facts as they exist today,” Grayscale said in recent, little-noticed filings.

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Crypto Investment Firm Digital Currency Group Registers Executive as Lobbyist

The company's Grayscale unit has sued the SEC for rejecting its spot bitcoin ETF application.

Barry Silbert. CEO y fundador de Digital Currency Group.

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From White Paper to Wall Street: The Evolving Bitcoin Investor

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein joins CoinDesk Research analyst George Kaloudis at Consensus 2022 to discuss the evolution of bitcoin since its birth in 2008.

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Report: Three Arrows Capital Founders Say Terra, GBTC Trades Led to Fund Blowup

Trades involving the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), Terra’s luna (LUNA) and terraUSD (UST) tokens eventually led to the blowup of insolvent crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, the 3AC founders said. “The Hash” panel discuss the latest in the Three Arrows saga.

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When Spot Bitcoin ETF? The Outlook for Regulated Investment Vehicles

Lori Tiernan, Chief Strategy Officer at Valkyrie Investments, joins Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan and Grayscale's Global Head of ETFs David LaValle at Consensus 2022 to discuss the regulations around bitcoin ETFs and an outlook into their future. Moderator: Damanick Dantes, Market Analyst, CoinDesk

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WisdomTree Exec on Future of U.S. Bitcoin Spot ETF Race

WisdomTree Head of Digital Assets Will Peck discusses his take on the U.S. spot bitcoin ETF race following a string of rejections from the SEC, sharing an update on the asset manager's application. Plus, reactions to BlockFi no longer accepting Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) as collateral and crypto markets outlook.

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Suing SEC Is a Possibility, Bitwise Chief Compliance Officer Says

“It’s about getting answers to some of the technical questions,” Katherine Dowling told CoinDesk TV’s “All About Bitcoin.”

Bitwise Chief Compliance Officer Katherine Dowling (CoinDesk TV screenshot, modified by CoinDesk)

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Valkyrie CEO: Suing SEC for Spot Bitcoin ETF is ‘Poor Judgment’

Reacting to asset manager Grayscale suing the SEC over its spot bitcoin ETF application rejection, Valkyrie CEO Leah Wald discusses her outlook for ETFs and crypto regulation and why she doesn’t agree with Grayscale’s “aggressive actions.”

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