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By Evie Vavasseur
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The Safe Harbour Question. The part of this proposal that's probably going to get the most attention from legal teams is the…
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Five Categories and a CFTC Handshake. The proposal builds directly on a taxonomy the SEC put out in March 2026.
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The SEC just moved. On August 18, the agency rolled out a proposed rule called Regulation Crypto Assets, and it's a pretty big deal for any project that's been trying to raise…
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Two new exemption tiers sit at the heart of the proposal. The smaller one caps fundraising at $5 million over four years — manageable for early-stage projects that don't need…
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Under existing law — basically the Howey test applied to crypto — a token sale can qualify as a securities offering because buyers are relying on the project's team to do the…
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That's a meaningful shift. It gives projects a cleaner off-ramp. It's also probably going to generate a lot of debate about what "completed" actually means in practice.
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The proposal builds directly on a taxonomy the SEC put out in March 2026. That earlier framework sorted crypto assets into five buckets: digital commodities, collectibles, tools,…
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The CFTC has agreed to regulate assets that fall outside SEC jurisdiction under the Commodity Exchange Act.
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Related: SEC Cancels Crypto Rulemaking Meeting as White House and Wall Street Push Back
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There's also a state-level angle here that probably deserves more attention than it's getting.
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SEC Chairman Paul Atkins put it directly: the U.S., as a leading force in the crypto world, has to lead on regulatory innovation. He's framing the proposal as a historic step.
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And that's the catch. The SEC has been clear that this proposal isn't meant to replace legislation. It's a bridge.
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The public comment window opens 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. The file number is S7-2026-27, Release No. 33-11434. A comment form is up on the SEC website now.
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Sixty days is a tight window for something this consequential. The industry will have opinions. Law firms are already going to be drafting comment letters.
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