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Greg Xethalis

@xethalis
18 posts
2026-02-08
Proud to personally back Owen Rapaport and his team at @ereborbank. Getting the charter is a yuge deal. Getting my account next week!
2026-02-08 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Palmer Luckey's Erebor becomes the first newly created bank to receive a national charter under the second Trump administration, launching with $635M in capital

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2026-02-07
Proud to personally back Owen Rapaport and his team at @ereborbank. Getting the charter is a yuge deal. Getting my account next week!
2026-02-07 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Palmer Luckey's Erebor becomes the first newly created bank to receive a national charter under the second Trump administration, launching with $635M in capital

Erebor founder Palmer Luckey was one of the tech industry's early Trump supporters and is known for his penchant for Hawaiian shirts

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2025-11-11
This is a lot of flexibility. The IRS has followed the GLS and staking guidance frameworks to afford reasonable flexibility within a mostly inflexible grantor trust requirement, because this is in the best interest of the trust beneficiaries. [image]
2025-11-11 View on X
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The US Treasury and IRS issue guidance allowing Wall Street crypto products to offer staking rewards under a new safe harbor, easing institutional participation

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On the last point, this is interesting. You can have “mixed digital asset” grantor trusts where a trust starts out with 1:0.1:0.01 SOL:ETH:BTC and this appears to not allow such a grantor trust to stake as the ratio of the mixed digital asset basket would fluctuate.
2025-11-11 View on X
Decrypt

The US Treasury and IRS issue guidance allowing Wall Street crypto products to offer staking rewards under a new safe harbor, easing institutional participation

Sander Lutz / Decrypt :

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They are allowing both liquidity reserves that can be altered AND liquidity management arrangements (e.g., financing to facilitate redemptions) [image]
2025-11-11 View on X
Decrypt

The US Treasury and IRS issue guidance allowing Wall Street crypto products to offer staking rewards under a new safe harbor, easing institutional participation

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A couple of areas with less flexibility: - Staking providers must be independent of the Trust and its Sponsor (but not its Custodian) (i.e., no affiliated staking providers) - Staking providers *must* indemnify against slashing - Must receive staking rewards in the same form of [image]
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The US Treasury and IRS issue guidance allowing Wall Street crypto products to offer staking rewards under a new safe harbor, easing institutional participation

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2025-10-26
5/ In private practice, Mike worked on traditional finance matters and crypto matters over the last ~6 years. I can speak with experience that Mike is one of the best practitioners (& practical advisors) on how complex products and tech interact with legacy finance systems/rules.
2025-10-26 View on X
Bloomberg Law

President Trump picks Michael Selig, the chief counsel for the SEC's crypto task force, to chair the CFTC, amid a crypto push

market structure legislation needs to cross the finish line to deliver clear, workable rules for builders and consumers. Mike's leadership will be a major asset. Bill Hughes / @bil...

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11/ Just as with Chair Atkins nomination at the start of the year, this is a great day for American Markets. Congrats @MikeSeligEsq [image]
2025-10-26 View on X
Bloomberg Law

President Trump picks Michael Selig, the chief counsel for the SEC's crypto task force, to chair the CFTC, amid a crypto push

market structure legislation needs to cross the finish line to deliver clear, workable rules for builders and consumers. Mike's leadership will be a major asset. Bill Hughes / @bil...

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2/ Mike's served for the last ~8 mos as Chief Counsel of the Crypto Task Force & senior advisor to Chairman Atkins. But his knowledge isn't restricted to securities. Mike is a CFTC guy and cross jurisdictional expert on the Commodities Exchange Act and Federal securities laws.
2025-10-26 View on X
Bloomberg Law

President Trump picks Michael Selig, the chief counsel for the SEC's crypto task force, to chair the CFTC, amid a crypto push

market structure legislation needs to cross the finish line to deliver clear, workable rules for builders and consumers. Mike's leadership will be a major asset. Bill Hughes / @bil...

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8/ Yes, the CFTC is likely going to get tapped for new crypto market authority, but Mike's job is keeping the agency focused on its core mandates while leveling up in new areas like event contracts, perpetual futures (and similar products) and crypto.
2025-10-26 View on X
Bloomberg Law

President Trump picks Michael Selig, the chief counsel for the SEC's crypto task force, to chair the CFTC, amid a crypto push

market structure legislation needs to cross the finish line to deliver clear, workable rules for builders and consumers. Mike's leadership will be a major asset. Bill Hughes / @bil...

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1/ Bloomberg is now reporting that President Trump is about to make official his nomination of @MikeSeligEsq to be Chairman of the CFTC. So who is Mike and why is this important?
2025-10-26 View on X
Bloomberg Law

President Trump picks Michael Selig, the chief counsel for the SEC's crypto task force, to chair the CFTC, amid a crypto push

market structure legislation needs to cross the finish line to deliver clear, workable rules for builders and consumers. Mike's leadership will be a major asset. Bill Hughes / @bil...

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2025-10-25
1/ Bloomberg is now reporting that President Trump is about to make official his nomination of @MikeSeligEsq to be Chairman of the CFTC. So who is Mike and why is this important?
2025-10-25 View on X
Bloomberg Law

Source: President Trump has picked Michael Selig, the chief counsel for the SEC's crypto task force, to chair the CFTC, amid a crypto push

market structure legislation needs to cross the finish line to deliver clear, workable rules for builders and consumers. Mike's leadership will be a major asset. @perkinscr97 : Gre...

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11/ Just as with Chair Atkins nomination at the start of the year, this is a great day for American Markets. Congrats @MikeSeligEsq [image]
2025-10-25 View on X
Bloomberg Law

Source: President Trump has picked Michael Selig, the chief counsel for the SEC's crypto task force, to chair the CFTC, amid a crypto push

market structure legislation needs to cross the finish line to deliver clear, workable rules for builders and consumers. Mike's leadership will be a major asset. @perkinscr97 : Gre...

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8/ Yes, the CFTC is likely going to get tapped for new crypto market authority, but Mike's job is keeping the agency focused on its core mandates while leveling up in new areas like event contracts, perpetual futures (and similar products) and crypto.
2025-10-25 View on X
Bloomberg Law

Source: President Trump has picked Michael Selig, the chief counsel for the SEC's crypto task force, to chair the CFTC, amid a crypto push

market structure legislation needs to cross the finish line to deliver clear, workable rules for builders and consumers. Mike's leadership will be a major asset. @perkinscr97 : Gre...

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5/ In private practice, Mike worked on traditional finance matters and crypto matters over the last ~6 years. I can speak with experience that Mike is one of the best practitioners (& practical advisors) on how complex products and tech interact with legacy finance systems/rules.
2025-10-25 View on X
Bloomberg Law

Source: President Trump has picked Michael Selig, the chief counsel for the SEC's crypto task force, to chair the CFTC, amid a crypto push

market structure legislation needs to cross the finish line to deliver clear, workable rules for builders and consumers. Mike's leadership will be a major asset. @perkinscr97 : Gre...

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2/ Mike's served for the last ~8 mos as Chief Counsel of the Crypto Task Force & senior advisor to Chairman Atkins. But his knowledge isn't restricted to securities. Mike is a CFTC guy and cross jurisdictional expert on the Commodities Exchange Act and Federal securities laws.
2025-10-25 View on X
Bloomberg Law

Source: President Trump has picked Michael Selig, the chief counsel for the SEC's crypto task force, to chair the CFTC, amid a crypto push

market structure legislation needs to cross the finish line to deliver clear, workable rules for builders and consumers. Mike's leadership will be a major asset. @perkinscr97 : Gre...

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2024-12-05
- Atkins supports crypto. He knows enough to grok the opportunity to implement reforms that will allow this industry to grow responsibly, onshore. That is a dramatic change from the existing regime that acted to explicitly push crypto offshore.
2024-12-05 View on X
New York Times

Trump picks former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins, who is seen as a strong advocate for looser regulation of crypto assets, to succeed Gary Gensler as SEC Chair

Mr. Atkins, a pro-business conservative, would likely take a lighter regulatory approach than the current chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Today, President Trump is expected to announce his nomination of Paul S. Atkins to be Chair of the SEC (pending Truth Social confirmation). This is welcome news to the crypto industry and US capital markets. [image]
2024-12-05 View on X
New York Times

Trump picks former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins, who is seen as a strong advocate for looser regulation of crypto assets, to succeed Gary Gensler as SEC Chair

Mr. Atkins, a pro-business conservative, would likely take a lighter regulatory approach than the current chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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