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Today’s top news:
- Crypto majors are green with SOL leading; BTC at $111,500
- BTC ETFs see $333M in inflows, highest day since Aug 8; ETH ETFs see outflows
- SEC & CFTC give green light for spot crypto listing & trading for major exchanges
- Solana Alpenglow upgrade approved by validators, targets Q1 2026
- Pump.fun introduces Dynamic Fees v1 with 10x higher creator fees
🏛️ Spot Crypto on U.S. Exchanges? SEC & CFTC Just Opened the Door
A rare joint staff statement from the SEC and CFTC says registered U.S. exchanges are not prohibited from facilitating trading in certain spot crypto products.
Translation: a real path for spot crypto trading is now visible.
📌 What Happened
The SEC and the CFTC issued a joint statement saying that SEC- or CFTC-registered exchanges can facilitate trading of certain spot crypto asset products, under current law.
Yes, that means spot BTC and ETH trading is coming (and likely several other crypto majors).
The statement is explicitly staff guidance (not a rule), but it invites filings and requests for relief and lays out what regulators will evaluate – margin/clearing/settlement, surveillance of underlying markets, and public trade-data dissemination.
It sits under the SEC’s Project Crypto and the CFTC’s Crypto Sprint initiatives.
So who could list?
SEC-registered national securities exchanges (like the NYSE, Nasdaq and CBOE), CFTC-registered designated contract markets (i.e. the CME) and many others (subject to approval).
🗣️ What They’re Saying
“Today’s joint staff statement represents a significant step forward… Market participants should have the freedom to choose where they trade spot crypto assets.” – SEC Chair Paul Atkins
“Under the prior administration… the message was clear: innovation was not welcome. That chapter is over.” – CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham
🧠 Why It Matters
For the first time, the two market regulators are jointly inviting registered exchanges to bring spot crypto into the regulated exchange stack.
Soon, investors and traders are going to have many more options for where to buy, trade and hold crypto beyond just Coinbase, Kraken and a few other viable options.
It also means we will likely see spot + derivatives under one roof with tighter spreads and fewer fragmentation headaches. That’s clearly a better user experience.
Arguably the most important aspect of this announcement though – it shows Project Crypto means business, and they’re moving fast.
This administration is showing a clear shift from “enforcement first” to “coordination first.”
It means more bullish announcements like this are coming, and likely soon.
All of the barriers are falling down.
Crypto trading will go mainstream in the U.S. under a regulated framework. It’s happening in real time…
🌎 Macro Crypto and Memes
A few Crypto and Web3 headlines that caught my eye:
- Crypto majors are green with SOL leading; BTC +1% at $111,500, ETH even at $4,370, XRP +2% at $2.85, SOL +4% at $211
- M (+33%), OKB (+7%) and Fartcoin (+6%) led top movers
- The Bitcoin ETFs saw $332.8M in net inflows on Monday, their highest total since August 8; ETH ETFs saw a $135M outflow
- The SEC and CFTC staff issued a joint statement, saying current law does not bar SEC- or CFTC-registered exchanges from facilitating trading of certain spot crypto products
- Gemini shared plans to IPO at a $2.3B valuation, raising up to $317M if successful
- Coinbase unveiled a new Mag7 + Crypto Equity Index Futures product for trading, a hybrid index linking COIN, big-tech stocks, and BTC/ETH ETFs
- Solana Alpenglow passed validator vote, targeting major speed gains and faster finality in upcoming releases
- Underdog announced it’s launching a prediction market in partnership with Crypto dot com with a focus on sports predictions
- Ondo Finance announced tokenized stocks and ETFs will go live for trading on Ethereum today
- Galaxy Digital announced it will tokenize its SEC-registered shares on Solana
In Corporate Treasuries
In Memes
- Memecoin leaders are green on the day up 2-5%; DOGE +2%, Shiba +1%, PEPE +2%, PENGU +5%, BONK even, TRUMP even, SPX +4%, and FARTCOIN +6%
- California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to launch an anti-Trump memecoin of his own
- HUCH jumps 270% to $7M; COPE +80% to $7M; ZARD +180% following Pokemon meta
💰 Token, Airdrop & Protocol Tracker
Here’s a rundown of major token, protocol and airdrop news from the day:
🤖 AI x Crypto
Section dedicated to headlines in the AI sector of crypto:
- Overall market cap up 2% at $12.7B, leaders were green
- FARTCOIN (+6%), VIRTUAL (+4%), TIBBIR (+13%), aixbt (+8%) & ai16z (+3%)
- TIBBIR (+13%) and CAESAR (+11%) led top movers
🚚 What is happening in NFTs?
Here is the list of other notable headlines from the day in NFTs:
- ETH NFT leaders were red down another 1-5%; Punks -6% at 44 ETH, Pudgy -1% at 9.9, BAYC -2% at 8.9 ETH
- An Autoglyph sold for 93 ETH ($405,000), the first sale in a month
- Bitcoin NFTs were mostly red, led by Nodemonkes (+8%)
- Abstract NFTs were mixed, led by Gigaverse ROMs (+12%)
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