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.