The Roundup
- Paul Atkins has published guidelines for cryptocurrencies.
- It states that Bitcoin, Ether and XRP as well as other assets aren’t securities.
- The question is if the guidelines can survive a change in administration.
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Hi. Eric here.
On Tuesday, Paul Atkins gave the crypto industry a late Christmas gift.
The Securities and Exchange Commission chair issued a landmark interpretation of federal securities laws, providing long-sought clarity on which blockchain-based assets count as securities and which ones don’t.
“The SEC’s persistent failure to provide clarity in this question is over,” Atkins, a longtime crypto supporter, said in a…
