Opinion by: Margaret Rosenfeld, chief legal officer of Everstake For years, the approval of crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has been one of the most contested battles in financial regulation. The first applications for a Bitcoin (BTC) ETF date back more than a decade. Only in early 2024, after repeated denials and a court battle that…
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Opinion by: Margaret Rosenfeld, chief legal officer of Everstake The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) recent directive to explore how cryptocurrency might be included in single-family mortgage risk assessments is a welcome and long-overdue step. If implemented, it could allow long-term crypto holders to use their digital assets when qualifying for a mortgage without being…
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Opinion by: Margaret Rosenfeld, chief legal officer of Everstake At the dawn of the internet in the late 1990s, technology outpaced regulation — and lawyers, engineers and policymakers had to learn together in real-time. Some regulators saw the internet as a threat, others as a challenge. The ones who made the most significant difference, however,…
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