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Wall Street Breakfast

Grayscale wins in court

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business News, News, Business, Investing

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Grayscale wins court ruling over SEC's denial of Bitcoin ETF; Coinbase (COIN) jumps. (00:28) Hurricane Idalia may lift construction stocks in shorter term: Citibank. (01:58) Planet Fitness (PLNT) expands pricing pilot to more states. (03:06)

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0:00.0

Welcome to See King Alpha's Wall Street breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:07.0

Good morning, today is Wednesday, August 30th, and I'm your host Julie Morgan.

0:12.0

Grayscale wins a court ruling against the SEC.

0:15.6

Hurricane Idalia has strengthened into a major storm.

0:19.0

Construction stocks may get a lift.

0:21.2

And Planet Fitness is expanding a pricing pilot.

0:25.0

Here's what's making headlines today.

0:28.0

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must vacate its rejection of Grayscale's attempt to convert Grayscale

0:34.8

Bitcoin Trust into a Bitcoin E. T. F. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust closed Tuesday's

0:40.3

trading up nearly 17 percent while Coinbased Global jumped just shy of 15% on the news.

0:47.0

And Bitcoin top 27,000 for the first time since August 17th.

0:51.8

A three-judge appeals panel in Washington on Tuesday vacated a

0:55.5

decision by the SEC that blocked the ETF and sent it back to the regulator

1:00.4

according to the court opinion. The opinion said in part in the absence of coherent explanation,

1:06.0

this unlike regulatory treatment of like products is unlawful.

1:11.0

We therefore grant Grayscale's petition for review and vacate the Commission's order.

1:16.3

Greyscale sued the SEC last June after the agency felt that its product failed to meet requirements designed to prevent fraudulent acts and protect investors.

1:26.8

Grayscale CEO argued that U.S. regulators were discriminating against his cryptocurrency investment firm by continuing to deny approval of ETFs

1:36.2

based on the spot price for Bitcoin.

1:38.8

In a statement following the ruling, Grace Gell said,

1:41.6

this is a monumental step forward for American investors, the

1:45.2

Bitcoin ecosystem and all those who have been advocating for Bitcoin exposure through

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