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Title: [2023-02-16] SEC Chairman Proposes Amending Federal Custody Rules to Cover 'All
Post by: chmod755 on February 16, 2023, 06:54:03 AM
SEC Chairman Proposes Amending Federal Custody Rules to Cover 'All Crypto Assets'

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has proposed amending federal custody rules to cover “all crypto assets.” The SEC chief said: “Though some crypto trading and lending platforms may claim to custody investors’ crypto, that does not mean they are qualified custodians.”


Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/sec-chairman-proposes-amending-federal-custody-rules-to-cover-all-crypto-assets/


Title: Re: [2023-02-16] SEC Chairman Proposes Amending Federal Custody Rules to Cover 'All
Post by: cr1776 on February 21, 2023, 04:40:18 PM
SEC Chairman Proposes Amending Federal Custody Rules to Cover 'All Crypto Assets'

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has proposed amending federal custody rules to cover “all crypto assets.” The SEC chief said: “Though some crypto trading and lending platforms may claim to custody investors’ crypto, that does not mean they are qualified custodians.”


Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/sec-chairman-proposes-amending-federal-custody-rules-to-cover-all-crypto-assets/

First of all, it is Gensler, so much should be discounted immediately.   Second, if the SEC would approve a "physical bitcoin" ETF vs the futures based ones, many people who want to hold bitcoin would do it that way and "investment advisors" would be able to use the ETF.  Third, perhaps some of the large players who are already custodians would just hold crypto,  e.g. Fidelity, Vanguard, ML, Schwab etc.   

People shouldn't be hold bitcoin on most of these new exchanges anyway and scammers may say they are segregating investor's bitcoins, but they'll find out later that they weren't.