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Brian Brooker Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

It is invaluable that you continue to allow access to asset trading of crypto currency futures etfs and frankly any asset available to professional traders. By restricting trading of these assets to high net worth individuals you continue to promote a society where the wealthy have more opportunities for wealth growth than the average person. You may deem that it's better for average investors to stick to balanced portfolios of traditional assets, but disallowing investment in crypto currency would be equivalent to preventing investment in tech companies 30 years ago.

Shira Liu Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I am a shareholder in BITO. It has reached out to all shareholders to submit public comments and provided advice on what to say. In my view this is inappropriate and Im disappointed that a fund I invested in is wasting shareholder money this way. I encourage FINRA to regulate cryptocurrency in any manner its professionals deem fit. I trust FINRA to look out for my interests as a small shareholder much more then j trust fund management.

Joshua Purvis Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I'm writing because I'm invested in funds such as BITO. It has come to my attention that FINRA wants to regulate these in such a way that investors are required to become accredited, pass tests, get special approval, cooling off periods, etc. I disagree with this and believe anyone should be allowed to invest in public securities with their own money, without government scrutiny. Laws like these only hurt small investors and widen the gap between mega rich and middleclass citizens.

Jared Andersen Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

As a 'retail investor' I support these measures. I have investments with professional financial advisors/brokers as well as my own self guided investments. I can honestly say if I were to get into complex products such as options, leveraged funds, etc I would not understand the true risks I was taking. I trust my financial advisor/broker to understand and manage these risks, so I would prefer to not lose the opportunity to participate in these types of products through them as a fiduciary.

Joseph Sanders Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

Do not further restrict normal investor access to specialized etfs and funds. We are already cut off from daytrading unless we have 25k in assets and have limited access to online funds requiring accredited investor status (200k income, 1 mil in assets) if you further restrict access to products such as etfs that provide access to commodity, cryptocurrency, and leveraged equity or currency exposure you are limiting access to small time investors and we may never be able be able to catch up just using index funds tied to the S&P and bonds.

Michael Dobin Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I do not believe that there should be any special regulations for individuals purchasing a crypto currency, security, etf or fund. If you are to impose special restrictions or require special knowledge for crypto how is that different from an individual purchasing a stock in a company they know nothing about or a mutual fund where they dont know what stocks are in the fund. I repeat I am very much against this proposal.