The SEC published a new guide on how federal securities laws apply to crypto assets. The agency’s chairman, Paul Atkins, described this moment as a starting point rather than a definitive regulatory framework.
“It’s a beginning, not an end,” Atkins declared, making clear that the position adopted does not resolve the underlying regulatory questions, but rather establishes the new initial boundaries for the classification of digital assets under existing legislation.
The guide does not introduce new legislation, but rather applies existing securities rules to the crypto ecosystem. According to the document, tokens representing digitized versions of traditional securities fall clearly under the SEC’s jurisdiction, while other assets may not qualify as securities depending on their structure and use. The agency also proposed a classification by functional categories that includes digital commodities, stablecoins, non-fungible tokens, and digital securities.
Atkins noted that completing the framework will require further formal rulemaking, public participation, and coordination with other agencies, including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which could assume oversight of assets outside the SEC’s reach. Congress, for its part, is still debating market structure legislation that could redefine the crypto oversight scheme in the United States.
Source: https://x.com/SECPaulSAtkins/status/2034676128317661351
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