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Key points Hester Peirce resigns from the Securities and Exchange Commission effective Oct. 2 after nearly nine years as a commissioner Her exit comes 17 days after the CLARITY Act failed a Senate cloture vote, leaving crypto rulemaking to the agency she is leaving The commission will be left with t

The Securities and Exchange Commission has cleared Nasdaq to list cash-settled Bitcoin (BTC) index options, ending years of regulatory delay around onshore crypto derivatives. Professional desks can now access exchange-traded, cash-settled Bitcoin options without touching spot BTC or navigating the

Crypto firms celebrating the SEC’s softer tone on digital assets should not assume enforcement is over, Commissioner Hester Peirce warned on Monday, saying the agency remains ready to bring cases involving securities violations even as it rewrites the rules governing the sector. “So just to be clear