Hodler's Digest, October 21-October 28: US SEC Mulls Over Bitcoin ETFs, While Bakkt's BTC Futures Inch Closer To Approval

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has published a memorandum from a meeting about the Bitcoin exchange-traded-fund proposal from VanEck and SolidX that included EC Commissioner Elad L. Roisman and his counsels Dean Conway, Matthew Estabrook, and Christina Thomas, along with representatives from SolidX, VanEck, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

The memorandum outlines the parties' arguments over the regulators decision to disapprove SolidX's previous ETF application, specifically the failure to comply the section of the Securities Exchange Act over the prevention of fraud and manipulation.

The Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, announced a Dec. 12, 2018 launch date for Bitcoin futures on its Bakkt platform this week.

According to the release, ICE will list Bakkt Bitcoin Daily Futures Contracts for trading starting in December, and the product will be physically-settled and cleared by ICE Clear U.S., Inc. Also this week, an unnamed source told a tech outlet that ICE's Bakkt crypto platform could get approval as soon as the first week of November.

Indian Crypto Exchange Detained For Unregistered Bitcoin ATM.Harish BV, the co-founder of Indian cryptocurrency exchange Unocoin, was held in custody this week shortly after setting up an allegedly unregistered Bitcoin ATM in Bangalore.

A U.S. district judge has dismissed the lawsuit over alleged insider trading against crypto wallet and exchange Coinbase during its launch of Bitcoin Cash support last year.

While cryptocurrency is actually currently legal in India, the Reserve Bank of India banned the country's banks from servicing crypto-related businesses in July.Thai SEC Issues Warnings About Investing In Nine Unregistered Tokens And ICOs.The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a warning about investments in nine digital tokens and ICOs, which have reportedly not been registered.

Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx will delist over 50 trading pairs - not the coins themselves - that reportedly have weak performance.

According to the exchange's announcement, the exchange will halt the trading of more than 50 pairs at 6:00am on Oct. 31, 2018 CET, warning users that they should cancel their orders of the affected pairs from the platform.

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