(The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) via its Division of Trading and Markets recently released a wide-ranging guidance covering crypto asset activities, distributed ledger technology, broker-dealer financial responsibility, transfer agents, Form ATS and Form ATS-N disclosures, clearance and settlement, and exchange-traded products. FTF News reached out to Aaron Kaplan, founder and co-CEO at Prometheum… Read More >>
New CFTC Chair Wants ‘Common Sense’ Crypto Regs
Michael Selig took the helm as the 16th chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, bringing with him an agenda focused on digital assets and stripping back over-reaching regulation. Nominated by President Donald Trump in late October and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in mid-December, Selig’s appointment suggests the… Read More >>
IBM & Dfns Build Digital Assets Custody Platform
Big Blue has launched IBM Digital Asset Haven, a digital asset platform for financial institutions, governments, and corporations that need to “manage and scale their digital asset operations,” officials say. The new platform, developed in collaboration with Dfns, a digital wallet infrastructure provider that says its offering can help integrate “the full-stack infrastructure and security… Read More >>
ProCap Readies Custody for 3 Digital Asset Securities
With the addition of Uniswap (UNI) and Arbitrum (ARB) to its custodial platform, Prometheum Ember Capital will offer custodian support for three digital asset securities, as the firm previously announced custody services for Ethereum’s ether (ETH) token. Prometheum Capital officials say the firm intends to fully launch its custodial services to institutional investors later this… Read More >>
Prometheum Dives Into Digital Asset Securities Custody
(Prometheum Inc. will launch a digital asset securities custody platform during the first quarter of next year, according to officials at the firm. This follows recent approval by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the self-regulatory organization (SRO) for U.S. broker-dealers, to allow the firm to operate a special purpose broker-dealer (SPBD) that will offer custody for… Read More >>
