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SEC's Proposed Crypto Rules: A Potential Boost for On-Chain Issuance?

What happened

Grayscale's Head of Research, Zach Pandl, recently published an analysis suggesting that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed 'Regulation Crypto Assets' could significantly impact the crypto marke…

If it goes well

If the SEC's proposed 'Regulation Crypto Assets' is finalized largely as described and proves effective, it could unlock a significant amount of previously hesitant capital within the US.

If it goes badly

Conversely, if the proposed rules are either not adopted, or are passed in a form that is overly restrictive or complex, the current state of regulatory ambiguity could persist or even worsen.

What we think

Our reading is that any move towards regulatory clarity in the US crypto market is generally a positive development, even if the initial proposals are imperfect.

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SEC's Proposed Crypto Rules: A Potential Boost for On-Chain Issuance?

We explain what happened and what could follow. We do not forecast prices.

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