Are Crypto "assets" securities or not? SEC cracks the seal on new definitions - sort of.

The SEC has published "interpretive guidance" which is not a formal new rule classifying crypto assets.

The SEC indicates that a digital asset becomes a security when its issuer offers it as an investment in a common enterprise that comes with promises of profits based on the management's efforts.

Such an investment contract ends, though, when "either the issuer has fulfilled its representations or promises or the issuer has failed to satisfy its representations or promises," at which point the investment would not regulated as a security anymore.

The SEC indicates it is not dealing with related stuff like airdrops, protocol staking and protocol mining.

SEC indicates it is planning to launch a formal rule making process "in a week or two". https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/03/17/u-s-sec-issues-first-ever-definitions-for-what-crypto-assets-are-securities

DL the "Interpretative Guidance" here: https://www.sec.gov/files/rules/interp/2026/33-11412.pdf #SEC #Crypto #CryptoAssets #Securities #CryptoMArkets #CryptoTrading #DigitalAssets

Timur Suleimenov advances Tokayev crypto reserve plan with $350M portfolio

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/timur-tokayev-kazakhstan-crypto-plan/

Yowzers! New analysis indicates on-chain balances linked to criminal activity currently exceeds $75B. Bitcoin holds ~ 75% of total illicit entity balances and not surprising stablecoins and ether have grown substantially.

This situation presents law enforcement with an unprecedented opportunity: billions of dollars in illicit proceeds are sitting on public blockchains, and theoretically can be seized if authorities can coordinate action! https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/landscape-of-seizable-crypto-assets-2025/ #Crypto #CryptoCurrencies #IllicitActivity #CryptoAssets #CriminalActivities #BlockChain #DigitalAssets #CryptoCrime #MoneyLaundering #BTC #ETH #ShadowEconomy #StableCoins

Bộ Tài chính cho biết đến nay vẫn chưa nhận được đề xuất chính thức nào từ các doanh nghiệp về việc thí điểm thị trường tài sản mã hóa, dù khung pháp lý để triển khai đã được chuẩn bị.

#TàiSảnMãHóa #BộTàiChính #KinhTế #ViệtNam
#Crypto #CryptoAssets #Regulation #Vietnam #Fintech

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Thứ trưởng Bộ Tài chính Nguyễn Đức Chi cho biết: Đến nay, chưa có doanh nghiệp nào nộp hồ sơ đăng ký cung cấp dịch vụ tài sản mã hóa tại Việt Nam. Đây là thông tin mới nhất về việc cấp phép cho lĩnh vực này.

#DịchVụTàiSảnMãHóa #TàiChínhViệtNam #CryptoAssets #VietnamFinance #TiềnĐiệnTử

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