Brooke Southall

Grayscale Investments is suing the SEC to get its ETF approved but bitcoin's swoon means 'public sympathy' may swing in favor of the regulator, a rules lawyer says

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Grayscale

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The 'hard-pressed' Stamford, Conn., crypto fund manager calls the SEC's rebuff 'capricous'  but with cryptocurrencies in freefall, the SEC can say I told you so -- even if its logic is inconsistent and questionable.

Grayscale Investments is suing the SEC to get its ETF approved but bitcoin's swoon means 'public sympathy' may swing in favor of the regulator, a rules lawyer says

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