SEC and CFTC Push Forward on Crypto Rules: What Bitcoin, XRP and Altcoin Holders Must Know
The SEC issued updates on how federal securities laws could apply to token issuers after the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, and the CFTC had already issued similar guidance. Bitcoin, XRP, and other popular altcoins were described as holding near local price highs at the same time.
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Token issuers are the clearest immediate group affected, because the SEC has now put out updates on how federal securities laws could apply to them. That gives market participants and compliance teams a new federal reference point today, after the failed cloture vote on the CLARITY Act.
What changed in practice is that both the SEC and CFTC have now moved into staff guidance on crypto, rather than leaving the field only to the stalled bill. What did not change is that the CLARITY Act still failed to advance, and the price backdrop described for Bitcoin, XRP, and other altcoins remained near local highs.
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Has this happened before?
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 42 days ago | Five-Year SEC Relief Sets Terms for Tokenized Stock AMMs event | 2 actors in common · 2 news media |
| 44 days ago | SEC Clears Tokenized Stocks To Trade Onchain As CFTC Widens Software Relief event | 2 actors in common · 2 news media |
| 40 days ago | Bitwise’s NEAR ETF clears NYSE Arca and SEC hurdles, launch imminent event | 1 actors in common · 2 news media |
| 41 days ago | Hester Peirce, Known as “Crypto Mom”, Steps Down From the SEC event | 1 actors in common · 12 news media |
| 41 days ago | SEC staff says certain crypto buybacks and staking tokens fall outside securities laws event | 1 actors in common · 8 news media |