Tagged: sec

December 9, 2025 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group, Inc., a key player focused on blockchain-powered multi-asset infrastructure, announced a significant expansion of trading availability on its SEC-regulated Alternative Trading System (ATS). Effective as of Dec 15, 2025, the ATS will reportedly support “24/7 order entry and 23.5 hours of trading on… Read More

December 8, 2025 @ 3:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force has provided an update for a roundtable gathering scheduled for December 15th. The gathering will address financial surveillance and privacy. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, leader of the Crypto Task Force, said new technologies provide an opportunity to… Read More

December 4, 2025 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the world’s derivatives marketplace, announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the registration of a new securities clearing house, CME Securities Clearing Inc. With launch expected in Q2 2026, CME Group will operate CME Securities Clearing to help market… Read More

December 2, 2025 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Before the United States was a nation, it was an investment. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins delivered a speech at the New York Stock Exchange today outlining his thoughts on how to reinvigorate US markets. As everyone knows, public markets have been in… Read More

December 2, 2025 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Panel Discussion: Regulatory Changes in Corporate Governance and Panel Discussion: Tokenization of Equities: How Issuance, Trading, and Settlement Would Work with Existing Regulation

November 25, 2025 @ 6:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Investor Advisory Committee has scheduled its next meeting to take place on December 4th. The meeting will host two panels of interest. First, a discussion about changes in corporate governance; second, a discussion of the tokenization of securities. The… Read More

November 20, 2025 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Jamie Selway, the SEC’s Director of the Division of Trading and Markets, delivered a speech today on trust and trustless access, directly addressing the rise of digital assets and blockchain technology—the speech was presented in New York at the SIFMA Market Structure Conference. Selway shared… Read More

November 20, 2025 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payward, Inc. (doing business as Kraken) has announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. Digital assets exchange Kraken noted that… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Corporate Finance (CorpFin) announced an update to its role regarding proxy decisions. CorpFin stated that “due to current resource and timing considerations following the lengthy government shutdown and the large volume of registration statements and other filings… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 2:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grayscale Investments, the world’s digital asset-focused investment platform, announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. Grayscale Investments has “applied… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 1:28 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Antonia M. Apps, a deputy director in its enforcement division who oversees the regulator’s Northeast offices, will leave the agency on Dec. 1, 2025. Apps, a former federal prosecutor and law firm partner, has served as Deputy Director… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 2:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins spoke at the 9th Annual Fintech Conference held at the Philadelphia Fed this week. He shared that he expects the Commission to establish a “token taxonomy” based on existing securities law, while acknowledging that the current regime has limitations. Atkins said… Read More

November 12, 2025 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Canary XRP ETF has reportedly received approval for its Nasdaq listing as the issuer submitted an 8-A filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The spot XRP ETF is now set to begin trading soon. The XRP price has also begun gaining some… Read More

November 1, 2025 @ 5:21 am By Michael Wong  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) moved to streamline the shift to central clearing of Treasuries, launching a one-stop page with updates, staff statements and guidance for brokers and buy-side firms. The initiative builds on rule changes adopted in December 2023 and subsequent extensions… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 5:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce attended the CfPA Regulated Investment Crowdfunding Summit this week, sharing insight into the regulatory environment at the Commission. One of the topics the Commissioner discussed was the advent of “Mirror Tokens.” Mirror Tokens are assets that are designed to reflect the… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 7:19 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Naoris Protocol, a decentralized cybersecurity mesh powered by a post-quantum blockchain and distributed AI, has announced a major milestone: an independent research submission to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially cited Naoris Protocol as the reference model for quantum-resistant blockchain infrastructure in its Post-Quantum Financial Infrastructure… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange Gemini (NASDAQ:GEMI) noted that on September 30, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that certain state-chartered trust firms may serve as custodians for digital assets, referencing the Investment Company Act and Advisers Act. Gemini pointed out that the statement went… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 2:51 pm By Andrew Corn  |  

With the federal government now shut down, the continued closure of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has become more than an inconvenience—it’s an economic threat. Treating the SEC as “non-essential” is a serious mistake that undermines investor protection, halts capital formation, and stalls the… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Initially scheduled for tomorrow, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto Task Force meeting on privacy and surveillance has been postponed. The SEC has posted a notice stating that, due to a lapse in appropriations, the gathering will be rescheduled for a later date. The… Read More

October 15, 2025 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sui is partnering with Figure Certificate Company (FCC), a subsidiary of Figure Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:FIGR), in order to deploy YLDS, the SEC-registered yield-bearing security, natively on Sui, thus expanding access to regulated financial products within the Sui ecosystem. This update comes after Figure’s recent Nasdaq IPO,… Read More