Bank of Montreal’s $303.65 billion consolidated securities filing reports $2,970 of XRP fund shares, split between two exchange-traded products. The disclosure traces both positions to a controlled investment adviser without identifying their beneficial owner. Key Takeaways A Bank of Montreal-controlled investment adviser managed about $3,000 worth of XRP fund shares. The filing does not identify the beneficial owner or investment strategy. One fund seeks to follow XRP, while the other targets twice its daily move. Two Line Items Inside a 14,271-Position Filing Bank of Montreal (NYSE: BMO) filed a consolidated report containing $2,970 of XRP-linked fund shares in the quarterly holdings report it submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Aug. 12. The document covers positions as of June 30 and spans 14,271 entries worth $303.65 billion. Two entries carry the whole exposure, and both are attributed to Stoker Ostler Wealth Advisors Inc., a Bank of Montreal-co...
The Securities and Exchange Commission has further delayed its long-awaited tokenization “innovation exemption,” with the holdup tied to unresolved negotiations over the CLARITY Act’s tokenization provisions in Congress. Key Takeaways The SEC’s tokenization innovation exemption has been “further delayed,” per reports. The holdup is linked to Section 10505 of the CLARITY Act, which governs how tokenized securities are regulated. The SEC separately postponed a Friday vote on crypto startup exemptions, citing a scheduling issue. Another Delay for the Innovation Exemption The SEC’s tokenization “innovation exemption,” a proposed framework that would let firms test blockchain-based trading of tokenized U.S. equities without meeting the full slate of standard exchange and broker-dealer requirements, has been pushed back again, per crypto policy