Cardano finally cleared the SEC shortcut for a spot ETF, but its last remaining sponsor quit two days too early

Grayscale withdrew its registration for the Cardano Trust ETF on Aug. 7, telling the SEC only that it “does not intend to proceed with the planned distribution.” The move was voluntary and came along with parallel registrations for Hedera and Polkadot, within about three minutes of each other that same afternoon. Two days later, ADA […] The post Cardano finally cleared the SEC shortcut for a spot ETF, but its last remaining sponsor quit two days too early appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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- Grayscale withdrew its registration for the Cardano Trust ETF on Aug.
- 7, telling the SEC only that it “does not intend to proceed with the planned distribution.” The move was voluntary and came along with parallel registrations for Hedera and Polkadot, within about three minutes of each other that same afternoon.
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