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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FINRA fined a muni dealer for MSRB Rule violations including (i) failing to timely cancel or close out inter-dealer municipal securities transactions after settlement; (ii) failing "to take prompt steps to obtain physical possession or control of 247 short positions resulting from failed inter-dealer municipal securities transactions;" and (iii) related supervisory violations.
SIFMA supported a Congressional joint resolution sponsored by Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Representatives Mike Flood (R-NE) and Wiley Nickel (D-NC) to disapprove SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121, which prevents banks from providing custodial services to digital assets investors by requiring them to keep those assets on-balance sheet.
A municipal securities firm settled FINRA charges for failing to file complete and timely quarterly reports with the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board and for failing to establish, maintain, and enforce an adequate supervisory system.
SEC Commissioner Jaime Lizárraga criticized the Investment Advisory Committee's draft recommendations on digital engagement practices that urged the SEC to amend existing rules instead of adopting new ones.