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#SECDualTrackCrypto The SEC is running two tracks simultaneously — and both matter for crypto.
Rulemaking: Chair Atkins at Consensus Miami 2026 is rewriting the definitions of exchanges, clearinghouses, broker-dealers, and crypto custody to fit on-chain protocols. Tokenized securities guidance is moving in parallel.
Enforcement: Per FOX's Gasparino, CFTC and SEC are tightening coordination on prediction markets — jointly probing abnormal trading tied to the Iran conflict. When a prediction contract qualifies as a security, the SEC steps in. Broader enforcement likely ahead.
Three questions worth asking:
→ Rewriting "exchange" and "broker-dealer" to fit on-chain protocols — genuine regulatory modernization, or quietly laying the groundwork to pull DeFi into the registration regime?
→ CFTC and SEC "coordinating" on prediction markets — but their jurisdictional turf war is real. Is this actual regulatory unity, or a temporary alliance where each is still drawing its own lines?
→ If SEC reclassifies more prediction contracts as securities, Polymarket and Kalshi may have to shift from CFTC frameworks to SEC registration. What does that mean for product design and user access?
The rules are being rewritten. Watch both tracks.
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