Brian Quintenz, a one-time commissioner with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Andreessen Horowitz’s head of policy, will be Donald Trump’s choice to run the federal commodities regulator. Quintenz previously served in the regulator between 2017 and 2021, where he organized the Technology Advisory Committee. During his time as commissioner, he said a self-regulatory organization […]

Another day, another once unthinkable crypto exchange traded fund filing. Several Solana ETF applications have become the latest such proposed investment vehicles to reach the starting gate. In a regulatory filing Tuesday the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opened up public comment on the “Canary Solana Trust,” a proposed ETF from Canary Capital that would […]

The launch of Unichain, Uniswap’s long-awaited layer-2 network, has seen the price of the decentralized exchange’s governance token UNI rise by around 4.5% to around $9.7 and led to a significant increase in social activity and sentiment. UNI’s price benefitted from the launch of Unichain but failed to break through the $10 mark. It still […]

Solana is on track to extend its four-month run over Ethereum and other smart-contract blockchains in decentralized-exchange (DEX) volume even as the rangebound crypto market struggles to capture trader enthusiasm. Solana-based DEXs have posted total trading volume of just over $60 million this month, nearly double the $34 million on Ethereum, the biggest smart-contract blockchain, […]

Crypto investment firm Grayscale on Monday filed to list a Cardano (ADA) exchange traded fund on the New York Stock Exchange. Grayscale, which last year broke through U.S. regulators’ blockade against the bitcoin ETF, has never previously offered a standalone ADA investment vehicle despite making past moves to do so. But the Trump 2.0 SEC’s […]