A New SEC Rule Lets Crypto ETFs Hold 15% in Ineligible Assets
A September SEC order rewired Nasdaq's crypto ETF listing rules, letting each fund hold up to 15 percent of net asset value in assets that do not qualify.
A September SEC order rewired Nasdaq's crypto ETF listing rules, letting each fund hold up to 15 percent of net asset value in assets that do not qualify.
Coinbase filed to bring single-stock perps to US traders and shares rose 10 percent, but the filing names no date, no stocks, and faces a CME lawsuit.
The SEC's first transfer agent overhaul since the 1980s runs 421 pages and adds blockchain reporting, yet only two onchain firms have registered so far.
Polymarket gives the CLARITY Act a 14.5% chance of becoming law in 2026 even as the Senate schedules a September 15 cloture vote and whales bet against it.
Injective's affiliate registered as an SEC transfer agent and INJ rose 8%. The filing is a routine 30-day process that regulates nothing on-chain.
The SEC postponed its Reg Crypto proposal a day before the vote, citing scheduling. The tokenization exemption slipped again as the CLARITY Act stalls.
The SEC scrapped its own crypto vote and the Senate punted the CLARITY Act to a September cloture clock. Polymarket now prices 2026 passage near 21%.
Nasdaq is acquiring LeveL Markets to advance its always-on markets strategy. The deal quietly absorbs the one structural argument crypto has made since 2009.
Trackers say Cardano ETF eligibility starts August 9, six months after CME listed ADA futures. The SEC rule and Chainlink's own fund say otherwise.
The SEC stayed Nasdaq bitcoin options after a CME petition. The contract settles on a CME CF benchmark, and statements are due August 24.
Pump.fun burned roughly $370 million worth of PUMP tokens on April 29, cutting circulating supply by 36% in a single day. Half of all platform revenue is now routed into a 12-month smart contract that buys back and burns more PUMP automatically. The team can no longer reverse it.
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