The SEC has announced new guidance affecting crypto. This guidance will lead to creating specific new regulations as to what is, and what is not, a securities offering. This guidance is based on the 80-year old US Supreme Court “Howey” … Continue reading
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Yesterday by executive order the President expanded the assets permitted in your 401k retirement plan. Prior regulation restricted retirement investments to, in effect, traditional securities and related investments, presumably on the assumption that they were safer, more transparent and less … Continue reading
The SEC is on a roll, facilitating new regulations to permit full trading of crypto assets and derivatives of crypto assets. An ETP is an “exchange traded product,” a derivative that tracks changes in value of one or more underlying … Continue reading
Even putting aside Trump’s own venture into his own coins, however improper that may be, there is no doubt but that crypto is a rising asset class under the current administration. Yesterday the House of Representatives passed three laws relating … Continue reading
It may be confusing, if you are not a lawyer with securities law background, to understand some of the current chatter about Crypto and whether it is a security such that it need be registered with the SEC. Before the … Continue reading