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The SEC proposed an update to transfer agent rules, last revised in the 1980s, to address blockchain-based recordkeeping, tokenized securities, and automated market infrastructure.

The SEC charged executives of Pacific Private Money Group LLC (PPMG), a private fund based in Novato, California, with orchestrating a multimillion-dollar offering fraud resembling a Ponzi scheme.

The SEC is preparing to propose the rescission of a rule governing shareholder proposals, as indicated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) listing the action in its regulatory agenda.

The SEC is initiating a review of its transfer agent regulations, originally established in the 1970s, to adapt to modern technologies such as blockchain and tokenization.

The SEC proposed a regulatory framework for crypto assets, aiming to provide clarity on compliance requirements for market participants.

The article highlights a recent decline in Wall Street's momentum trade over recent months, while also discussing the potential approval of NHL ETFs by the SEC.

Hyperliquid, a decentralized exchange, has been included in Hashdex's Nasdaq CME Crypto Index alongside Bitcoin and XRP following a rebalancing driven by a SEC filing.

A Bitcoin treasury company (MicroStrategy, MSTR) has challenged MSCI's proposed 'non-operating company' screen by referencing a 2022 SEC letter where MSCI argued Bitcoin belongs inside an operating business.

The SEC proposed updates to rules governing registered transfer agents, which are critical to the clearance and settlement system for securities.

Five major US spot XRP ETFs held XRP assets with a combined fair value $746.1 million below their accounting cost at the end of June, yet investors contributed $320 million net inflows during the period.

The SEC and FDA have signed a three-year data-sharing agreement aimed at enhancing market oversight, though the article does not specify the sectors or assets directly targeted by this pact.

Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed new regulations requiring retail-accessible overseas crypto derivatives to be traded on qualifying, centrally cleared exchanges.