Regulations

The Bank of England (BoE) will exempt crypto exchanges and other operationally critical firms from proposed stablecoin holding limits, potentially supercharing money into Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).As Bloomberg News reported on Oct.…

The first-ever article on CryptoSlate, published in 2017, examined the most crypto-friendly countries in the world. Today, we’re revisiting that list and taking a look at which countries continue to be crypto havens and which have dropped…

The European Union (EU) is moving to choke off A7A5, the ruble-backed token routing billions through Kyrgyzstan into European crypto markets, but available data suggests the sanctioned flow represents just 2.37% of the bloc-wide Bitcoin…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Plume (PLUME) as a registered transfer agent of tokenized securities on Oct. 6.The announcement caused the PLUME token to surge 31% from $0.1022 to $0.1342 before settling at $0.12…

REX-Osprey filed prospectuses for 21 crypto funds and Defiance lodged six more products on Oct. 3.Bloomberg’s James Seyffart shared the filings on X, with REX-Osprey’s roster spanning single-asset strategies, including AAVE, ADA, ATOM, and…

Six spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) await SEC approval in the US, with final deadlines for October, and they can reshape market conditions following their debut.The regulatory backdrop underwent a significant change on Sept. 17, when…

The US government shutdown delayed the approval of exchange-traded fund (ETF) filings by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which puts the “altcoin ETF floodgates” on hold.Under its “Operations Plan Under a Lapse in…

The SEC issued a no-action letter on Sept. 30, allowing investment advisers to use state-chartered trust companies as qualified custodians for crypto assets, opening the door for Ripple, Coinbase, and other digital asset firms to serve…

Solana spot ETF approvals could come as soon as next week, with a timeline of Oct. 6-10 representing a realistic expectation for the SEC’s approval.As Blockworks reported on Sept. 30, sources at three separate issuers said that the…

Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said tokenized stocks are unlikely to pose a major threat to exchange-traded funds, even as the SEC considers a rule change that could bring shares of companies such as Tesla and Nvidia onto…