ChainCatcher News, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler has once again called for cryptocurrency exchanges to register and urged those selling securities to make appropriate disclosures, as his tenure leading the agency may be coming to an end.On Thursday, at the 56th Annual Securities Regulation Institute of the American Bar Association, Gensler stated in prepared remarks that many of the 10,000 digital assets in circulation are securities.Gensler said, "Overall, aside from Bitcoin, Ether, and stablecoins, the rest of this market is valued at about $600 billion, which is less than 20% of the entire cryptocurrency market and less than a quarter of the global capital markets."Gensler's remarks came after President-elect Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election last week. Trump has indicated he would fire Gensler. Sources say Gensler is likely to resign, like other chairmen in the past.

ChainCatcher news, Arkham announced on X platform that the derivatives exchange is now open for registration, with trading set to start in 1 week.Arkham stated that registration eligibility varies by jurisdiction. Users residing in certain jurisdictions (including the United States) will be excluded from access.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the NFT trading market OpenSea has announced that a new version will be launched in December, and the waitlist registration is now open.

ChainCatcher news, Sonic Labs (formerly Fantom) announced on the X platform that .sonic domain registration is now open, with UnstoppableWeb as the exclusive on-chain provider for .sonic domains, supporting users' digital identities.

ChainCatcher news, asset management company Bitwise has submitted the XRP ETF S-1/A registration document to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

ChainCatcher message, Dune data shows that the number of new domain registrations for Ethereum Name Service (ENS) in September reached 15,569. In addition, the total number of active domains currently stands at 1,912,116, with the number of unique participating user addresses for ENS reaching 886,738, and the number of name sets reaching 887,331.

ChainCatcher news, the crypto project World Liberty Financial supported by former President Donald Trump stated on the X platform that since its launch, "thousands" have registered for its whitelist.Previous news, World Liberty Financial has now opened whitelist registration, available to qualified investors in the United States and all non-U.S. users.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Binance has announced that it has completed the registration as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) in Argentina, and its mobile app and website are now fully open to users in Argentina. Binance stated that this is its 20th registration with global regulators, having previously completed registrations in Kazakhstan, India, and Indonesia.Guilherme Nazar, Head of Binance Latin America, stated that Argentina is an important market for Binance, and the company supports forward-looking regulation while continuing to collaborate with local governments to promote the sustainable development of the crypto industry.

ChainCatcher news, Trump posted on X: "I promise to make America great again, this time through cryptocurrency. World Liberty Financial is planning to help America become the world capital of cryptocurrency, and the whitelist registration for eligible participants is officially open."WLFI Project then stated: "While these whitelists are currently open to qualified U.S. investors and all non-U.S. persons, we will not abandon the average American. Our mission is to bring financial freedom to everyone, regardless of their background or bank balance. Due to outdated U.S. policies and regulations, one whitelist is limited to accredited U.S. investors, while another whitelist is available for all non-U.S. persons."

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 communication protocol WalletConnect officially announced that registration for the airdrop event of its native token WCT is now open.ChainCatcher previously reported that WalletConnect will launch its native token WCT on Optimism, with an initial supply cap of 1 billion tokens, of which 18.5%, or 185 million tokens, will be allocated to the first quarter airdrop.

ChainCatcher news, Catizen announced on platform X that the deposit registration for CATI tokens to the on-chain non-custodial wallets is expected to open today at 6 PM Beijing time. After the deposit registration, CATI tokens will be distributed to users' wallets after 6 PM Beijing time tomorrow.

ChainCatcher message, sponsored by TON and co-hosted by TonBit and TONX, the registration for the "2024 First TON CTF Competition" is now open.The competition will officially start at 9 AM on September 28. Participants will compete for substantial prizes by solving security challenges related to the FunC and Tact programming languages. Participants can form teams of up to two people and register on the official website to participate in the competition, unlocking multiple challenges to earn points and improve their rankings.It is reported that this CTF competition is sponsored by TON, with a prize pool of $10,000. The top four winners and the teams that crack the challenges first will receive rewards.

ChainCatcher news, asset management company WisdomTree has requested to withdraw its S-1 registration filing for the Ethereum Trust submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), while requesting that the fees be credited as "available for future use." "The registration statement was initially submitted on May 27, 2021. The company stated in a filing submitted to the SEC on September 6, 'The company confirms that it has not and will not issue or sell any securities under this registration statement.' WisdomTree acknowledges that it will not receive a refund for the fees paid to the SEC due to the submission of the registration statement but requests that this amount be credited as 'available for future use.'"

ChainCatcher news, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) stated that over 87% of the crypto company registrations received in 2023-24 did not meet the approval standards.The FCA mentioned in its annual report that out of 35 applications received in the 12 months ending March 31, only 4 successfully qualified. The companies that successfully registered include Binance's payment partner BNXA (a subsidiary of PayPal UK) and Nomura's cryptocurrency custody joint venture Komainu. The remaining companies were either denied a license or rejected due to a lack of key elements required for assessment.

ChainCatcher message, the crypto lending institution Nexo has reopened registration for UK customers after a series of upgrades to meet the compliance requirements of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).This upgrade was implemented in collaboration with Gateway 21 (an FCA-authorized and regulated financial promotion approval body), and the changes include providing a cooling-off period and dedicated risk warnings for UK customers. Users are also required to complete an investor classification questionnaire and a suitability assessment before using the platform, which has become standard practice for cryptocurrency companies serving UK customers.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, SEC Commissioner Mark T Uyeda stated at the Korea Blockchain Week 2024 event that the SEC needs to create a dedicated S-1 registration for digital asset securities.Uyeda pointed out that the SEC has the flexibility to tailor registration requirements for specific financial products, and this approach should extend to the realm of cryptocurrencies and digital asset securities. He emphasized that the SEC should not create a "catch-22" situation by requiring digital asset securities issuers to provide irrelevant or unattainable disclosure information. Uyeda also stated that the SEC should clarify which digital assets fall under the category of securities and consider the practices of other jurisdictions globally in future rule-making. Nevertheless, digital assets are currently not included in SEC Chairman Gary Gensler's regulatory agenda.