WSJ editorial slams SEC’s ‘bewildering’ Bitcoin ETF denials

WSJ editorial slams SEC’s ‘bewildering’ Bitcoin ETF denials

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board has come out swinging against Gary Gensler’s “legendary” resistance to approving a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF).  The hard-hitting opinion piece, published on Wednesday, called out the Gensler-led Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for overt inconsistencies in how the commission handles applications for Bitcoin-related…

US Congressional hearing on digital asset regulation focuses on disclosure

US Congressional hearing on digital asset regulation focuses on disclosure

Disclosure was an important theme at a United States House of Representatives hearing on digital asset regulation Thursday. Although chair of the House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit Sean Maloney specified that it would focus on gaps in the oversight and regulation of derivatives and underlying…