Most crypto assets are not securities, according to new guidance jointly issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The interpretation, issued by the two regulators in a joint statement on Tuesday, sets out how federal laws apply to digital assets. It defines when a token moves from being a security to a commodity and syncs the approaches of the two regulators to crypto regulation. The SEC has long considered many crypto tokens, particularly those sold through initial coin offerings (ICOs) or linked to profit expectations, as securities under the ... (full story)