The Staff of the Division of Trading and Markets (“Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) is issuing the following statement to provide its views on the broker-dealer registration requirements under Section 15(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) with respect to a person that creates, offers, and/or operates certain interfaces utilized by users to, among other things, prepare transactions in crypto asset securities (“Covered User Interface Providers”). This statement is part of an effort to provide greater clarity on the application of the federal securities laws to ... (full story)