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The SEC previously acknowledged spot XRP ETF filings from 21Shares, Bitwise and Grayscale and has also acknowledged Litecoin ETF filings from Grayscale and Canary Capital. The U.S. Securities and ...

Cross-border payment services firm MANSA has secured a $10 million funding round led by Tether. MANSA offers onchain liquidity services using USDT to firms to make cross-border payments more ...

The SEC previously acknowledged spot XRP ETF filings from 21Shares, Bitwise, Grayscale, and CoinShares. The agency has also acknowledged a Litecoin ETF filing from Canary Capital. The U.S. Securities ...

Staking would allow the ETF to generate additional returns on its ETH holdings, which could potentially be passed on to investors. The SEC’s new crypto task force has plans to classify some tokens as ...

The record-low Ethereum fees signal weak demand amid onchain volume decline. The following is an excerpt from The Block’s Data and Insights newsletter. The 7-day moving average (7DMA) of transaction ...

The agency announced the new unit on Thursday, calling it the Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit, or CETU. Laura D’Allaird, who has been at the SEC for several years with various roles in ...

EigenLayer, Polymarket and UMA are collaborating on researching a next-generation oracle system. The new oracle is set to utilize EigenLayer’s infrastructure, including its restaking mechanism and the ...