The executive director of Georgetown University’s Center for Financial Markets and Policy says the financial industry is navigating an era of unprecedented change. Here’s why he’s so excited about what’s next.

SEC commissioners Allison Herren Lee and Hester Peirce discussed ESG, digital assets, meme stocks and more during the 2021 Financial Markets Quality Conference, hosted by the Center for Financial Markets and Policy at Georgetown University.

Cryptocurrency investors would have little time to plan against possible tax increases under legislation advancing in Congress.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler warned the financial industry that he won’t shy away from going after big firms pushing the limits in areas that are priorities for the agency, including crypto trading, cyber fraud and SPACs.

The regulator asked Direxion to pull its own application the same day it was filed.

Markets have matured enough to allow investors to hold a true crypto ETF.

Nuances within the space provide advisors with opportunities to educate clients on safely housing this burgeoning asset class.

Bitcoin may be an expectation for some clients, but they're likely to be more angry if it goes bust than happy about gains.

Although it makes more sense to hold a futures ETF like this one than to hold actual cryptocurrency, the same problems that plague all commodity futures ETFs will crop up, writes Jared Dillian.

Commissioner Hester Peirce and CEO Robert Cook spoke amid a growing debate surrounding digital assets and their underlying technology.

In a conversation with Onramp Invest CEO Tyrone Ross at the Bitcoin for Advisors conference, Kitces explains his skepticism towards the asset class.

Whether it’s ultimately done by executive order or other means, the White House aims to take a unified approach to digital assets.

The U.S. may join Canada and Europe, which have already approved similar products.

The goal of Flourish Crypto is to help advisors treat digital currencies like any other asset class.

Not only is it a new asset class, but it’s built upon modern technology that differs from its traditional counterparts.

Matthew Hougan, chief investment officer of Bitwise Asset Management, said investing in cryptocurrencies is like “investing in the internet in the late 1990s.”

Coinbase Global is bowing to pressure from U.S. regulators and tabling plans to launch a product that would pay users interest for lending out their tokens.

The brokerage will allow customers to buy and sell Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash.

The bipartisan infrastructure bill includes requirements for brokers to report their customers’ cryptocurrency gains to the Internal Revenue Service, but exactly what constitutes a broker is stirring controversy.

The company is looking to increase its workforce in response to the interest in cryptocurrencies.