The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 26, 2018 formally disapproved the proposed rule change by Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. (BZX) seeking to list and trade shares of the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust (Trust). In...more
The Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Investment Management has outlined concerns of the SEC Staff (Staff) with respect to the registration of funds that hold cryptocurrencies and...more
1/29/2018
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Bitcoin ,
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ETFs ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
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Registration Statement ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Valuation
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) on December 1, 2017 self-certified contracts for bitcoin futures products with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Additionally, on...more
12/20/2017
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Block Trades ,
CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) ,
CFTC ,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) ,
Commodities ,
Commodities Traders ,
Commodity Futures Contracts ,
Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ,
CPOs ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
NFA ,
Registered Investment Companies (RICs) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Self-Certification ,
Virtual Currency
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) LabCFTC office on October 17, 2017 issued A CFTC Primer on Virtual Currencies (Primer) indicating, among other things, that certain initial coin offerings (ICOs) within...more
10/23/2017
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CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Derivatives ,
FinTech ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Jurisdiction ,
New Guidance ,
Popular ,
Risk Factors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Virtual Currency