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SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Host Sept. 10 Meeting

Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will host a public meeting at the SEC Headquarters in Washington D.C. on Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. ET to discuss artificial intelligence technologies in the public markets and the SEC’s Regulation

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Recovery specialists crack $1B crypto wallet... but find just $10

Summary: When a client named Rusty contacted crypto recovery specialist Chris Brooks in 2021, he said he and two others had won 5,000 Bitcoin in a court case, worth around $53 million at the time. They immediately set up a Zoom call to discuss the case. “There were thr

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VARA, Securitize sign MoU for tokenization innovation in Dubai

Summary: Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) and BlackRock-backed tokenization platform Securitize signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance tokenization and digital asset infrastructure across the United Arab Emirates and Dubai. The MoU will

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Standard Chartered launches spot Bitcoin and Ether trading in UAE

Summary: London-headquartered multinational bank Standard Chartered has launched spot Bitcoin and Ether trading for institutional clients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), through its entity regulated by the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The move makes

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BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Edges Vanguard S&P 500 Fund Since Launch

Summary: BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust has returned 71% since its January 2024 debut, compared with 66% for Vanguard’s S&P 500 ETF over the same period, according to Bloomberg data cited by ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. IBIT manages about $61.4 billion in assets.

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SEC Transfer-Agent Overhaul Addresses Blockchain Recordkeeping

Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed modernizing transfer-agent rules that have remained largely unchanged since the 1980s. The proposal addresses blockchain-based records, tokenized securities and increasingly automated market infrastructure.

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