🚨 Earlier today SEC JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT "MOST CRYPTO ASSETS ARE NOT SECURITIES"... this is a historical shift
The U.S. just flipped the entire regulatory script.
THE NEWS:
SEC issued formal guidance yesterday (March 17) creating a 5-category token taxonomy .
The headline: "Most crypto assets are not themselves securities" – SEC Chair Paul Atkins .
THE FIVE CATEGORIES:
Digital Commodities – NOT securities (BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA, AVAX, DOGE, LINK, LTC, DOT, XLM, etc.)
Digital Collectibles – NOT securities (NFTs, meme coins, fan tokens)
Digital Tools – NOT securities (memberships, credentials, access tokens)
Stablecoins – NOT securities (GENIUS Act compliant)
❌ Digital Securities – ARE securities (tokenized traditional securities)
This means Protocol mining, staking, airdrops, wrapping – NOT securities
Investment contracts CAN terminate – assets can exit securities status
CFTC aligned with SEC – "harmonized regulations"
"We're not the securities and everything commission anymore." – Paul Atkins
Ten years of ambiguity. Gone. The Gensler era is officially over. Builders can finally build.
