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MAY 29, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the first eight applications for Ether (CRYPTO: ETH) spot price exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from Grayscale, Bitwise, iShares, VanEck, Ark Invest, Invesco, Fidelity, and Franklin Templeton. On May 22, the U.S. Let's review the five key facts to decide.

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MAY 15, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched a lawsuit against Ripple Labs and some of its top executives in December 2020. billion of cash investments by creating a new security, which wasn't registered with the SEC as you would a new stock, bond, or convertible debt papers. billion today.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

The bulls had originally expected XRP to gain more traction as more companies routed their gross payments, remittances, and foreign exchange transactions through Ripple's blockchain. Ripple claimed its ledger could provide its customers with secure, instant, and "nearly free global financial transactions of any size with no chargebacks."

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The differences between XRP and other cryptocurrencies XRP is the native cryptocurrency of Ripple, a blockchain ledger which is used as a cheaper, faster, and more secure alternative to the widely used SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) protocol for money transfers. To make matters worse, the U.S.

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JULY 27, 2024

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) investors might recall a fine Wednesday last January when the first exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on spot Bitcoin prices hit the Street. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected that application five years later, but the idea of spot Bitcoin ETFs persisted.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

trillion, and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) accounts for 50% of that total. The most obvious method is a cryptocurrency exchange like Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN). But creating and managing an account may be a headache, especially for investors with existing brokerage accounts. The cryptocurrency market is currently worth $1.6

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In addition, Wells Fargo paid a $35 million civil penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Excessive fees According to the SEC, each of the affected accounts was opened prior to 2014, and account holders continued to pay excessive fees through December 2022. How do you get paid?

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MAY 25, 2024

Standard Chartered's bullish Ethereum analysis Geoff Kendrick, head of crypto research and emerging markets foreign exchange at Standard Chartered (OTC: SCBF.F) , hung an $8,000 year-end price target on Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) earlier this week. Speaking to the crypto news site The Block on Tuesday, Kendrick predicted that the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Several major cryptocurrencies rallied on Tuesday amid news of growing crypto adoption and speculation surrounding the timing of the first spot Ethereum-centric exchange-traded fund (ETF) approvals. That inaction put the onus back on the SEC to move forward with its Bitcoin ETF approval process. What's next for crypto investors?

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In what could be a big catalyst for Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) , Cathie Wood's Ark Invest has filed an application for the first-ever spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF). But the picture changes when you take into account a market-traded financial instrument that has been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

stock exchanges, are up an impressive 14% over the past year but have been flat over the past month. All-or-nothing investments are also referred to as binary options and involve buying securities with an entirely yes or no proposition, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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JULY 28, 2024

For much of crypto's existence, those interested in buying digital assets would have to do so via cryptocurrency exchanges. These ETFs trade on traditional stock exchanges, and their value is directly tied to the current (or spot) price of the cryptocurrency. To buy ETFs, you need a brokerage account. Image source: Getty Images.

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MARCH 26, 2024

If you want to retire a millionaire with little effort, consider investing in exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. Invesco QQQ ETF The Invesco QQQ ETF (NASDAQ: QQQ) tracks the 100 stocks in the Nasdaq 100 Index, which consists of the 100 largest non-financial companies that trade on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

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JUNE 22, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had just sued two of the largest crypto exchanges, Binance and Coinbase Global , and the Federal Reserve indicated that it expects to have to raise interest rates two more times this year, not that the market is entirely buying it. Image source: Getty Images.

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JULY 8, 2023

In the last month, a wave of major financial institutions have applied to offer spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETF) in a bid to bridge Wall Street with the original cryptocurrency. Although no ETF has been approved yet, the SEC's blessing looks more likely by the day.

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JUNE 5, 2024

However, the approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) certainly contributed to those gains, and they could have a more significant impact in the future. To elaborate, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs in January. By comparison, Coinbase charges between 0.4%

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In fact, it accounts for an astounding 57% of all TVL in the blockchain world. Yes, the change to a proof-of-stake model, known colloquially as "The Merge," was by all accounts a technical tour de force, and yes, the crypto remains the market leader in many categories. 1 in DeFi as well.

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APRIL 29, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), giving investors its latest up-to-date numbers on how it looks post-merger. There we learn that Arcadium didn't generate any cash profit at all -- despite reporting hundreds of millions of dollars of accounting profit. through 10 a.m. And the reason?

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JUNE 20, 2023

Do they prefer using large centralized cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) or new decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges? It clearly separates all of your trading activity, such that crypto activity is always independent from your other brokerage account activity (such as stocks and options).

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AUGUST 31, 2024

Meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) itself has pointed out that if you start with a portfolio valued at $100,000 and it grows by an annual average of 4% over 20 years while you pay 0.50% per year, you'll end up with $10,000 less than someone in the same situation who only pays 0.25%.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

As soon as Ethereum became a proof-of-stake blockchain, it meant that there was going to be much more of a focus on crypto staking , which is the process of "locking up" your crypto in exchange for a financial reward. And that included, unfortunately, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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MARCH 20, 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved 11 applications for Bitcoin-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in January. So the new spot-market Bitcoin ETFs are as close as you can get to owning Bitcoin in an old-school stock brokerage account. Now, Grayscale's value has backed down to $25.3

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JULY 5, 2023

Investors are still digesting a wave of negativity, which included the collapse of several cryptocurrency exchanges last year, not to mention some of the industry's most prized stablecoin experiments. As more trusted, well-known firms on Wall Street throw their hats into the ring, the SEC might find it harder to justify further rejections.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

A lot has been made of the slew of new spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that came to the market earlier this month. An important detail in how the SEC approved spot Bitcoin ETFs While the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved spot Bitcoin ETFs, it rejected a key detail in many proposals.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved 11 new spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ETFs earlier this month; two stand out as clear winners among the group. Two weeks into the start of trading of this new breed of Bitcoin ETFs, the two leaders account for about 70% of all inflows.

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MARCH 3, 2024

Most of those gains, of course, have come on the basis of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) approval of the new spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in early January. A handful of Wall Street firms have already submitted applications, and SEC approval could come as early as May.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today approved the first spot Bitcoin ETFs, a watershed moment for Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency market. In total, applications from 11 issuers got the green light from the SEC. Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) just made history. Here's what investors should know.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Reliance on a single catalyst XRP is reliant on a single catalyst right now: resolution of its long-running court case with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). But then, when the SEC announced that it might appeal the ruling, XRP promptly gave back all of its gains within a month. If not XRP, then what?

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Supermicro submitted a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) today stating that it would not be able to meet the deadline for its 10-Q report without unreasonable effort or expense. As a result of the delayed 10-K filing, Supermicro is in danger of being delisted from the Nasdaq exchange.

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MAY 6, 2024

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has dominated headlines for much of the last few months due to the arrival of spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) along with its most recent halving, which occurred on April 19. And an Ethereum ETF could be the next in line to get the green light from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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AUGUST 19, 2023

These plunges took place amid the heaviest trading volume seen since June 10, when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched enforcement lawsuits against crypto trading exchanges Binance and Coinbase Global. But the reasons behind Friday's crash were different.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In late August, Hindenburg Research released a short report, saying that in its own investigation it found "glaring accounting red flags" and other problems at the company. What's also troubling is this isn't the first time Supermicro has faced accounting issues. The SEC ordered the company to pay a $17.5

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JULY 6, 2023

Although not everyone is willing or able to purchase Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) directly in their investment accounts, shares of Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) provide exposure to the cryptocurrency's potential upside. I've chosen Riot Platforms stock as my July pick to express my bullish outlook on Bitcoin and companies that produce it.

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JUNE 29, 2024

Its blockchain also hosts ShibaDEX, a cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) which acts as an official cryptocurrency wallet for its own tokens. However, both of these meme coins are still largely controlled by "whales" -- very large accounts that can easily move their volatile prices. Second, the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Shiba Inu's Shibtoken account boasts 3.7 This was true even while American crypto exchanges kept their hands off the XRP token due to potential legal trouble from the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) long-running lawsuit. crypto exchanges enabled XRP trading within 24 hours.

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APRIL 11, 2024

Together, these two stablecoins account for about 95% of the total $150 billion market opportunity. Not to mention the fact that the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking a closer look to see if it might really be a security, not a cryptocurrency. So Ripple has its work cut out for it.

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MAY 25, 2024

Tom Lee, managing partner and Head of Research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, believes the combination of recently approved spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the recent halving of Bitcoin block subsidies, and the eventual easing of monetary policy (lower interest rates) could push Bitcoin to $150,000 by 2025 and $500,000 by 2029.

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