Altcoin Watch
Strong spot market demand, supported by persistent accumulation from whales and a bullish technical pattern, favors an XRP price boom over $3.75.
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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 SEC is looking to drop its unregistered securities offering lawsuit against crypto YouTuber Ian Balina in the agency’s latest move to wind back its crypto enforcement.
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21Shares files to launch a spot Sui ETF in the US, joining over 70 crypto ETF applications awaiting SEC review amid growing institutional demand.
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A group of nearly 30 crypto advocate groups has asked the SEC to provide legal clarity on crypto staking, arguing that it's not an investment activity.
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The approval odds for an XRP ETF approval rose to 85%, leading analysts to predict new all-time highs for the altcoin in 2025.
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Robinhood beat Wall Street estimates even as its first-quarter crypto revenues fell 30% over the quarter, contributing to an overall revenue drop.
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SOL futures data shows a sharp uptick in leverage use, but SOL’s negative funding rate raises doubts on whether traders are bullish or bearish.
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The filings respond to March proposals by NYSE Arca and Cboe BZX Exchange to list ETFs from Bitwise and Franklin Templeton.
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The US exchange is seeking regulatory approval to list shares of 21Shares' DOGE ETF. The SEC is currently reviewing more than 70 applications for crypto ETFs.
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There were calls for additional investigations and possibly impeachment of the US president after he announced a "gala dinner" and White House tour for his top memecoin holders.
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XRP ETFs launch at the end of April, whale accumulation, and a technical price breakout are making a strong case for a 55% rally next.
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Nexo has made a return to the US as Donald Trump Jr. backs the crypto services platform, and new SEC leadership signals a friendlier regulatory stance.
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Coinbase legal boss Paul Grewal told SEC Chair Paul Atkins in a letter that his staff being unable to hold crypto is a roadblock for the agency's Crypto Task Force.
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said that to engage in crypto activities, “SEC-registrants have had to hop from one poorly illuminated regulatory space to the next.”
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DeFi Development Corp is seeking to raise more capital for its Solana treasury and operational expenses.
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