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Markets

SEC Green Light on Liquid Staking Sends ETH Past $4K, Spurs Broad Staking and Layer-2 Rally

Regulatory clarity fuels surging prices across Ethereum’s staking ecosystem, with layer-2 tokens and optimistic rollup projects posting double-digit weekly gains.

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Policy

SEC's Long-Running Case Against Ripple Officially Over

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission first sued Ripple in 2020, during Donald Trump's first term.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse prepares to testify in the Senate (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

CoinDesk Indices

How Policy, Innovation, and Market Dynamics Are Driving Institutional Crypto M&A

AlphaPoint’s Reba Beeson dives into the trends and regulatory policy shifts driving crypto M&A, cementing its role as core infrastructure for the future of finance.

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Finance

DeFi Cheers as SEC Affirms Liquid Staking Protocols Aren’t Securities

The SEC’s new guidance on liquid staking boosts governance tokens like LDO and RPL, while TVL across protocols holds steady at $67 billion.

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Policy

SEC Says Liquid Staking Doesn't Run Afoul of Securities Laws

The SEC's latest staff statement — which isn't binding guidance — addresses certain aspects of liquid staking.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC’s Crypto Task Force Will Tour U.S. to Hear From Small Startups on Policy Reform

The task force will visit 10 cities from August to December, targeting smaller crypto projects, to hear their perspectives and concerns.

U.S. SEC headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC’s Atkins: 'Most Crypto Assets Are Not Securities' Under Bold New Vision

Paul Atkins, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said "most crypto assets are not securities."

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Markets

SEC Approves In-Kind Redemptions for All Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs

The decision allows authorized participants to create and redeem ETF shares directly in BTC or ETH, rather than having to use cash.

U.S. SEC headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Delays Decision on Trump-Linked Truth Social Bitcoin ETF Until September

Other crypto ETF applications, including the Grayscale Solana Trust and Canary Capital Litecoin ETF, were also postponed.

U.S. SEC headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)