SEC Chair: BTC and ETH Have Been Clearly Defined as Non-SecuritiesOn March 18 at the DC Blockchain Summit 2026, SEC Chair Paul Atkins announced a new token taxonomy and investment contract interpretation framework, ending long-standing regulatory uncertainty.The framework exempts four non-security categories: digital commodities (BTC, ETH), digital collectibles, digital tools, and payment stablecoins under the GENIUS Act. Only "digital securities" (tokenized traditional securities) fall under securities law ...

THANK YOU:This would not be a reality under Harris.“We’re breaking from the past. We are now giving clarity from the SEC’s perspective as to what are and are not securities.”https://t.co/1mU93InQtS ...

🚨 CRYPTO: SEC OFFICIALLY CLASSIFIES NFTs AS "DIGITAL COLLECTIBLES," NOT SECURITIESThe joint SEC/CFTC interpretive guidance dropped March 17 with a five-category token taxonomy:Digital commodities (BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA, LINK + 10 more) Digital collectibles (NFTs, memecoins) Digital tools (utility/access tokens) Paymentstablecoins (under GENIUS Act) Digital securities (tokenized stocks/bonds, the only category under SEC jurisdiction)Chair Atkins: "We're not the Securities and Everything Commission."NFTs ti ...

The U.S. SEC approved Nasdaq’s rule change to allow certain securities to be cleared and settled in tokenized form under the DTC tokenization pilot. Eligible participants may opt for tokenized settlement via an order flag, with tokenized and traditional shares trading on the same order book with the same execution priority. The initial scope includes Russell 1000 constituents and select major index ETFs. ...

The regulatory fog around crypto is starting to lift.With the SEC separating “Digital Commodities” from “Securities”, tracking these specific assets is crucial.No need to filter them manually.We’ve aggregated the data for you!📊 Track all 16 Digital Commodities here:https://t.co/WelX8WAh0hCoinMarketCap (@CoinMarketCap):LATEST: ⚡ SEC Chair Paul Atkins says digital commodities, stablecoins, digital tools and collectibles are all not securities. https://t.co/5FhZROOHqn ...

The SEC clarifying its position on crypto assets, interpreting digital commodities, digital collectibles, digital tools, and stable coins not to be securities. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins joins us live from Washington this morning. Um, this is a a pivot of sorts.Um, help us understand, we'll probably get into the weeds of it all in terms of just the the mechanism for all of this, but how you landed on this decision and what it means. >> Well, thank you, Andrew. It's great to see you again.and this follows up o ...

The U.S. SEC and the CFTC, in an interpretive document, listed 16 examples of “digital commodities,” including Aptos (APT), Avalanche (AVAX), Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK), Dogecoin (DOGE), Ether (ETH), Hedera (HBAR), Litecoin (LTC), Polkadot (DOT), Shiba Inu (SHIB), Solana (SOL), Stellar (XLM), Tezos (XTZ), and XRP (XRP), and clarified that these assets do not fall under the category of securities. ...

The SEC issued a long-awaited “token taxonomy," a key step forward laying out which types of digital assets it deems to be securities https://t.co/YiFG62ENqQ ...

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 CFTC and SEC issues statement clarifyingthat Bitcoin mining rewards are labeled under "protocol mining" as not securities. https://t.co/7AefkMpoCk ...

SEC Declares 'Most Crypto Assets' Not Securities, Including Staking, Airdrops and Bitcoin Mininghttps://t.co/QyfmBqo57Z ...