On July 29, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to approve orders allowing in-kind creations and redemptions for crypto asset exchange-traded products (ETPs), including those based on bitcoin and ether. This marks a significant shift from the SEC’s earlier stance, which had limited spot crypto ETPs to cash-only transactions.
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On March 20, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission took a step towards clarifying its position on crypto mining activities. In a recent statement, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance provided non-binding guidance on the application of federal securities laws to proof-of-work (PoW) mining activities, stating that such activities are beyond the SEC’s purview.
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U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Reps. Wiley Nickel (D-NC) and Mike Flood (R-NE) are working to overturn a controversial Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff accounting bulletin, SAB 121, that places restrictions on the custody of digital assets by public companies, including banks and trust companies, on behalf of their customers. On Feb.