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Proponents expect crypto to gain legitimacy and come to clients at lower costs if the SEC signs off as it's expected to do.

Regulators are likley to enter into dialogue with industry about the best way to proceed.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has been ordered by a court to explain its reasons for rejecting an application for a crypto-based exchange-traded fund. It's about time.

The SEC also alleges the firm's founder invested clients' money through a fund that employed his wife without disclosing the conflict.

The cofounder and main promoter of the $4 billion OneCoin pyramid scheme was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in one of the first and biggest criminal frauds involving cryptocurrency.

The move disappointed advocates just days after a court ruling viewed by many as clearing a path for the long-awaited product.

Fidelity is the latest high-profile traditional-finance firm to join the race after BlackRock Inc. made a splash with its June 15 application for a spot ETF, which opened the floodgates for others to try their hand at it, as well.

A year of cryptocurrency scandals has made advisors more skeptical about the volatile asset class, but the future of crypto is far from settled for investors and their financial advisors.

FINRA and NORC survey results suggest the flood of new investors hasn't slowed since the pandemic, and many of them are coming for digital assets.

The regulator's latest staff bulletin also calls on planners at hybrid firms to always be clear about if they're wearing their broker or advisor hat.

In first appearance before GOP-controlled Financial Services Committee, SEC Chair brushes off criticism over regulation of digital assets.

A securities expert says the Ponzi-like plot allegedly carried out by a former Deutsche Bank investment banker is a sign that regulators need to provide crypto clarity.

Judges question how a spot market for crypto asset would differ from already approved futures market.

A proposed amendment to the Investment Advisers Act would require planners to vet third-party custodians before entrusting them with clients' cryptocurrency, real estate or other alternative investments.

Government watchdogs propose more oversight amid collapse of crypto and falling markets.

For financial planners working with digital assets, the key to staying on regulators' good side is to 'disclose, disclose, disclose.'

Speakers at the Crypto for Advisors conference said that as crypto questions come up more often, financial advisors need to prepare themselves

A recent study has found a correlation between tax scrutiny of digital assets and the use of tax loss harvesting as a compensating measure.

The head of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission disputes the idea that his agency would have a "light touch" with digital assets or encroach on the SEC.

The FTX collapse and other fallout may have advisors on edge, but that makes education more important than ever. FP's Cryptocurrency for Advisors conference can help.