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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest examination priorities document didn’t mention crypto as an area of focus for the coming year, unlike in previous years.
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto News
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) serves as a cornerstone of United States financial regulation, ensuring fair markets and protecting against fraud. The emergence of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) challenged established norms. Despite initially not interfering in the crypto space, the SEC intervened during the 2017 to 2018 initial coin offering frenzy, asserting securities laws on tokens like The DAO (DAO).
Key legal battles followed, including halting the Telegram Open Network and suing Ripple for unregistered XRP (XRP) sales. In a significant move, the SEC sued Binance in June 2023, alleging unregistered securities sales, implicating prominent tokens such as Solana’s (SOL), Cardano’s (ADA), Polygon’s (MATIC), Filecoin (FIL), Cosmos (ATOM), The Sandbox (SAND), Decentraland (MANA), Algorand (ALGO), Axie Infinity’s (AXS) and Coti (COTI). Coinbase also faced charges related to its staking service.
These actions reverberated globally, as nations often model their regulations after the U.S., highlighting the SEC’s international impact. Through its interventions and legal battles, the SEC shapes the future of crypto regulation, ensuring the integrity of digital markets and influencing global financial landscapes.
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The new US crypto bill could settle the commodity-versus-security debate and reshape compliance, trading and innovation.
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Bitcoin drops to a six-month low as spot ETF outflows resume despite the US shutdown ending, signaling weak demand and renewed pressure on crypto markets.
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Canary Capital’s XRP ETF outperformed all 900 ETF launches of 2025, inspiring a bullish rotation among the industry’s most successful traders, who are now betting on XRP’s price increasing.
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According to the agencies’ operations plans, staff are expected to return to work the day after the “enactment of appropriations legislation,” which occurred late on Wednesday.
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21Shares’ new crypto index ETFs utilize the stricter 1940 Act framework, marking a shift toward traditional fund oversight for diversified digital asset exposure.
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Analysts suggest Canary Capital’s spot XRP ETF could go live even as formal approval by the SEC is still technically pending.
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The House passed a funding bill to end the longest US government shutdown in history, which had previously delayed crypto ETF approvals and key crypto bills.
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Bitcoin bulls tried to spark a recovery, but were met with heavy selling pressure near $107,000. A similar fate awaited most altcoins, which sold off from their respective resistance levels.
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With market structure moving forward in the US Congress to establish clear roles for the SEC and CFTC over digital assets, Paul Atkins offered his thoughts on the bill.
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XRP analysts are still confident of a bullish continuation with targets from $10 to $30 for cycle tops, fuelled by multiple tailwinds.
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Bitwise’s spot Chainlink ETF has appeared on the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation’s registry, a sign that it could launch in the near future.
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Despite October’s crash, the end of the US government shutdown could bring “bulk approvals” for altcoin ETFs, catalyzing the next wave of institutional inflows, according to Sygnum.
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Several XRP ETFs appear on DTCC ahead of potential launches, as the token rallies following US Senate deal to end the longest-ever US government shutdown.
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The potential end of the 40-day US government shutdown is decreasing “financial uncertainty” among investors, leading to growing institutional crypto accumulation.
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