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SEC Chairman Atkins: Regulation Crypto Assets: A Token Safe Harbor
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you, Chairman Selig, for your insightful remarks. It is a pleasure to join you today to discuss a subject that sits at the center of American innovation, capital formation, and the enduring principles of our securities laws. Before I go any further, let me offer the customary disclaimer that the views I express here are my own as Chairman and not necessarily those of the SEC as an institution or of the other Commissioners. For over a decade, market participants have operated without clear guidance on a fundamental question: when does a crypto asset implicate the federal ... (full story)
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