Why the SEC is targeting crypto exchanges now (from The Guardian on June 6)…

On Monday, after months of discussions, threats and warnings, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took aim at the most powerful force in the world of cryptocurrencies. The US financial watchdog accused the crypto exchange Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao of operating a “web of deception,” charging him and his exchange with 13

U.S. lawmakers urge the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department to release new crypto tax rules (from Coindesk on June 7)…

The U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should promptly release planned crypto tax rules so the industry can be brought into full compliance, Reps. Brad Sherman (D-Calif) and Stephen Lynch (D-Mass) said in a Monday letter. “For many years, the cryptocurrency industry has been a major source of tax evasion and a significant

Professional currency trader Brent Donnelly notes Bitcoin has a clear advantage versus other digital assets as U.S. regulators begin to crack down on crypto exchanges (from Spectra Markets am/FX on June 12)…

It is essentially unanimous inside and outside the world of crypto that bitcoin [(BTC)] is not a security. This is a big competitive advantage for BTC. As the [original] digital gold, BTC also has essentially no competition for its primary use case. Every other cryptocurrency, including [Ethereum (ETH)], has competition. And every other cryptocurrency, including

Global asset manager BlackRock files for a U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) (from Bloomberg on June 20)…

BlackRock Inc.’s surprise filing for a US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund last week has led to a flurry of similar applications from rival issuers and speculation that the asset manager has key insights that will lead to approval of its application. Bitcoin has jumped more than 20% since the filing to more than $30,000. On

The first-ever 2x leveraged Bitcoin futures ETF is about to start trading (from CoinDesk on June 23)…

Volatility Shares’ 2x Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITX) will become the first leveraged crypto ETF available in the United States after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) let it go effective on Friday, an executive at the company told CoinDesk. The regulator has not denied the application for the 2x ETF, Volatility Shares Chief Investment