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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has drawn attention to prediction markets after discussing their growth during a May 8 speech. Summary Peirce said commercial prediction markets have grown and show no sign of slowing. Crypto.news reported a softer SEC crypto tone under Atkins, Peirce, and Uyeda. Bitwise has filed for ETFs tied to political prediction markets under PredictionShares. She said commercial prediction markets have “taken off” and show “no sign of slowing down.” Her remarks did not announce a final SEC rule for prediction markets. Still, they added to debate over how event-based products, tokenized markets, and possible prediction market ETFs may fit within U.S. securities rules. SEC signals softer crypto approach Crypto.news recently reported that the SEC’s messaging has shifted under Chair Paul Atkins, with Peirce and Mark Uyeda calling for clearer rules and a more open stance toward i
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The Spot Bitcoin [BTC] Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) had a great start to the month of May. On the 1st of May, BTC ETFs recorded inflows worth $629.8 million, wherein BlackRock’s IBIT recorded inflows worth $284.4 million. Following the trail was Fidelity’s FBTC, which recorded inflows worth $213.4 million. Interestingly, while many asset managers saw zero flows, Morgan Stanley’s MSBT, which is fairly new to the game, recorded inflows worth $4.5 million. Going forward, almost similar patterns were seen on the 4th and 5th of May. Bitcoin ETFs flipped from inflows to outflows On the 6th of May, ETF inflows fell as cumulative inflows reached $46.2 million, driven by IBIT’s $134.6 million. However, heavy outflows from FBTC, Bitwise’s BITB, Franklin Templeton’s EZBC, and Grayscale’s GBTC offset most of the gains, leaving net inflows minimal. Source: Farside Investors The actual pl
Crypto markets saw a packed week across policy, majors, stablecoins, and privacy assets. Senate Banking reportedly moved closer to action on the CLARITY Act, with stablecoin rewards, ethics rules, and SEC/CFTC jurisdiction still in focus. TON rallied after Pavel Durov moved Telegram deeper into the network, while John Bollinger called a new bitcoin bull market […]
Bitwise will become the investment manager of USCC on June 1, marking its first tokenized fund and Superstate's second handoff to a major asset manager this year.
