The American Securities and Exchange (SEC) commission has published new guidelines specifying that common forms of cryptographic development do not come under the securities laws.
On May 29, the finance division of the SEC companies confirmed that participants in development activities, including autonomy forms, delegated, guard and non -guardians, are not required to record these actions with the financial regulator.
The financial regulator said:
“The division is of the opinion that the participants in the activities of putting the protocol on standby do not need to register with commission transactions under the securities law, or to be in one of the exemptions from the law on the securities of the registration in the context of these activities for implementing the protocol.”
The update also deals with the use of related services. According to the dry, the supply of features such as early withdrawal options, group rewards, protection against reduction or aggregation of assets to reach the minimum implementation thresholds does not automatically classify these arrangements as securities offers.
The agency stressed that such improvements do not change the fundamental nature of the staging of the federal law.
The implementation is an integral part of the blockchain networks performing a mechanism for proof of evidence (), where the participants lock their tokens to validate network transactions and win rewards.
This process has generally been controversial over the years, because the SEC, under the former president Gary Gensler, continued legal actions against companies participating in the activity.
The SEC commissioners react
The SEC Commissioner, Hester Peirce, a long -standing defender of the clearer regulations of cryptography, supported the decision. It described the milestone as an essential element of the proof of bet systems, where users contribute to network security by voluntarily locking their tokens.
Peirce stressed that regulatory uncertainty has discouraged American users from engaging with these networks, despite their importance for the blockchain infrastructure.
She said:
“The division declaration applies to persons who are established to certain cryptographic assets covered on a network of proof of evidence or delegate.”
However, everyone at the Commission has not accepted. Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw has criticized the interpretation of the staff, warning that it is moving away from the preceding legal.
She argued that the Howey test, a key legal standard used to identify the titles, was neglected in the analysis.
Crenshaw added:
“This is another example of the` `fake it ” approach during the dry until we do ” of the crypto – taking measures based on the anticipation of future changes while ignoring the existing law.”
What does this mean for ETFs?
The position of the dry could have important implications for the negotiated funds in exchange for Ethereum, which are currently prohibited to mark out their assets.
Nate Geraci, president of the ETF store, noted that these directives abolish a major regulatory obstacle for funds seeking to join Ethereum or other assets of evidence.
However, Geraci has stressed that more clarity is still necessary for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in particular on the way in which driving rewards will be processed within the trust structures of consultations generally used by ETFs.
If the implementation of integration into these FNBs takes place smoothly, it could unlock a new source of income for investors and improve the attraction of cryptographic investment products on the regulated markets
Meanwhile, ETFE Ethereum have grown, displaying nine consecutive days of entries totaling more than $ 480 million.
