The Securities and Exchange Commission’s cryptocurrency safe harbor framework has advanced another crucial step toward implementation. On Monday, SEC Chair Paul Atkins announced that the Regulation Crypto Assets framework has been forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, commonly referred to as OIRA. This submission represents the penultimate phase before the rule appears in the Federal Register for stakeholder feedback. Atkins revealed this development during a digital assets conference co-hosted by Vanderbilt University and the Blockchain Association. He indicated the framework would become ... (full story)