The proposed rule would give crypto issuers two routes to raise funds without registering an offering and establish a process in which tokens could become detached from investment contracts.
SEC
Letter by Chair Atkins suggests changes to funding as well as further rulemaking by the regulator will likely follow.
Amendments will also allow certain products to hold up to 15% of their assets in securities or digital commodities.
The rule proposal generated a slew of overwhelmingly negative comments.
The SEC will pay Coinbase $150,000 after the crypto exchange’s FOIA request revealed deleted agency texts.
After decades of trying to make the shift, Regulation E-Delivery aims to end the opt-in requirement for receiving electronic investor information.
While not new rules, these observations remind us that SEC examinations prioritize whether actual practices match a firm’s disclosures, policies, and fiduciary duties, rather than its original intentions.
With this 2026 rulemaking agenda, the SEC teases its ideas around modifying some of its bedrock rules, particularly to accommodate the digital asset sector.