Crypto Weekly Roundup: SEC Drops ETH Investigation, StanChart Launches BTC and ETH Trading Desk, & More

This week's major news is that the SEC is bowing out of its investigation into Ethereum. The regulatory agency has, for now, dropped its attempts to categorize ETH as a security thanks to the pressure put on it by Ethereum developer Consensys. Despite the SEC’s dropping of the investigation, Consensys has decided to proceed with the lawsuit against the regulatory agency. Let’s find out more.  Bitcoin UK-based Standard Chartered is officially establishing a spot Bitcoin and Spot Ethereum trading desk.…

BNPP, Citi, HSBC, StanChart partner with Marketnode for bonds

Several big banks have announced today they are partnering with Marketnode for the Q4 of 2021. Citi, Barclays, BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon, HSBC, UOB, and Standard Chartered. Essentially, the banks are one the first adopters of the program. A Formidable Partnership Marketnode will co-create end-to-end DLT solutions and provide input for the development of the program. In addition, it will explore the expansion of the product beyond fixed income. DLT is a Distributed Ledger Technology digital system. This records the details of…