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April 10, 2025
|3 min read
SEC Staff Issues Guidance Exempting Covered Stablecoins from Registration Requirements
On April 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a staff statement that certain USD-pegged stablecoins do not qualify as securities under federal law. The announcement defines a narrow category of “Covered Stablecoins” exempt from registration requirements.
October 27, 2022
|2 min read
SEC Chair Recommends Greater CFTC Authority Over Stablecoins
On October 14, 2022, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler recommended that Congress broaden the authority of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) with regard to stablecoins. Gensler’s statements are consistent with recent pushes for increased regulation of cryptocurrency generally.
July 5, 2022
|4 min read
SEC Staffing Up for a New Era of Crypto Control
On May 3, 2022, to address issues relating to unregulated digital assets, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the hiring of new investigative agents, including investigative staff attorneys, trial lawyers, and fraud analysts, to crack down on bad actors in the crypto space.