Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee and the House Committee on Agriculture requested clarification from the SEC as to whether the Ethereum token, Ether, is a security.
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House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and a bipartisan group of legislators asked banking regulators to clarify "through guidance and other actions" that an SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin, which describes how a custodian must account for digital assets, is not enforceable.
At an SEC Investor Advisory Committee meeting, regulators, academics and market participants examined (i) the disparity in growth between the private and public markets, (ii) oversight of investment advisers and related custody rules, and (iii) a recent rule proposal regarding open-end fund liquidity risk management and swing pricing.
In a position paper, SIFMA and the accounting firm Ernst and Young assessed the current state of corporate action announcement and dissemination policies in the United States and called for more industry standardization.
In a 2022-2026 Strategic Plan, CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam highlighted "emerging trends transforming global derivatives markets" including "digital asset commodities, decentralized finance, and Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing."