Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC) Hester Peirce voiced concerns over the United States lagging behind global jurisdictions in adopting cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETF). During an online appearance at the Bitcoin (BTC) conference “The B Word,” Peirce pinpointed that many other countries like Canada have already been trading crypto ETFs so far, while the U.S. is still deciding on whether to approve such a trading instrument, stating: “I would never have imagined that I would be in this situation where we would not yet have approved one and other countries are moving ahead.” The SEC Commissioner also ... (full story)