SEC estimates its proposed crypto self-custody fallback will cost each adviser that uses it $433,833 a year, and assumes about 823 firms will. After the CLARITY Act's Senate failure, that price helps decide which advisers can hold newly launched tokens for clients.
Perspective Coverage
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- Builder 13%
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- Operator 50%
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- Investor 37%
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- Evidence78
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives60
- Confidence72
SEC staff said on September 25 that token buybacks on functioning networks and staking receipts that only record ownership do not create investment contracts. Because they are staff views, live networks can plan repurchases around them while a future SEC or a private plaintiff could still contest them.
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- Evidence68
- Adoption45
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives50
- Confidence70
Regulation Crypto Assets borrows the JOBS Act structure for digital assets and preempts state registration, including on secondary trades. The preemption is the part that changes deal papering.
Perspective Coverage
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- Builder 29%
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- Operator 35%
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- Investor 36%
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- Evidence78
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives60
- Confidence72
Regulation Crypto Assets, proposed August 18, would exempt raises of up to $75m a year from registration and preempt state law. Its safe harbor asks issuers to certify that the managerial work they promised investors has permanently ceased.
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- Evidence62
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives68
- Confidence58
Brian Belley of Kingscrowd and the CfPA wants the Reg CF ceiling at $20 million and Reg A Tier 2 at $150 million, and he rests the case on the issuers who showed up after the cap moved from $1.07 million to $5 million.
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- Evidence38
- Adoption20
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives78
- Confidence45
Repeat 12-month raises are permitted, and each buys a fresh offering statement plus years of reports. The SEC's own estimate is roughly 130 offerings a year.
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- Evidence64
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- Insufficient
- Hype gap+8
- Incentives62
- Confidence52
Regulation Crypto Assets gives token issuers offering exemptions they can budget against. The decentralization off-ramp that matters more is still specified in conditionals.
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- Evidence42
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- Insufficient
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- Incentives45
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The SEC proposed exempt-offering caps, the CFTC threatened to write its own regime, and Trump asked for a Clarity Act he can sign. The US rulebook gets drafted either way.
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- Evidence56
- Adoption24
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives70
- Confidence52
More than $3 billion of short liquidations did the heavy lifting, with a $517 million ETF day alongside it. That fuel is spent, so the next leg has to be bought.
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- Evidence42
- Adoption34
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives71
- Confidence45
Regulation Crypto Assets pairs two offering exemptions with a way out of the investment-contract test. The White House lunch the next day was the political weather, not the rule.
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- Evidence44
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives84
- Confidence46
The SEC killed its Regulation Crypto Assets meeting three days after calling it. Sources point to the White House, and to SIFMA weighing a challenge to the agency's authority.
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- Evidence40
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+32
- Incentives74
- Confidence44