{"id":11780,"date":"2026-08-11T20:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=11780"},"modified":"2026-08-11T20:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T20:56:10","slug":"what-fridays-sec-vote-could-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=11780","title":{"rendered":"What Friday\u2019s SEC vote could mean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will vote Friday on whether to authorize proposed crypto fundraising rules that could give some token projects a tailored route to raise capital without full securities registration. If approved, the proposal would open for public comment when released. It would not give issuers an exemption they could use immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The open meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET on Aug. 14. It could translate parts of a framework that SEC Chair Paul Atkins outlined in March into a formal Commission proposal, but Atkins presented those ideas as his own views and used example figures rather than settled limits.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__media\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sec-three-crypto-regulatory-pathways-before-senate-vote-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"SEC could start writing crypto rules before the Senate votes on CLARITY\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sec-three-crypto-regulatory-pathways-before-senate-vote-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"SEC could start writing crypto rules before the Senate votes on CLARITY\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\"> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">SEC could start writing crypto rules before the Senate votes on CLARITY<\/h3>\n<p>SEC&#8217;s July agenda could give issuers, broker-dealers and trading venues a formal process before Congress settles market structure.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Jul 10, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-divider\">\u00b7<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Liam &#8216;Akiba&#8217; Wright<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The two proposed crypto fundraising rules address capital raising. A startup exemption could run for up to four years and allow an illustrative $5 million over that period. Projects could publish principles-based disclosures about the investment contract and its underlying crypto asset, then notify the SEC when entering and leaving the exemption. A separate fundraising exemption could allow an illustrative $75 million in any 12-month period. Atkins said issuers could file the same disclosure plus a discussion of financial condition and financial statements.<\/p>\n<p>The third idea serves a different purpose. It would create a safe harbor for certain crypto assets after an issuer completes or permanently ceases all essential managerial efforts it represented or promised to buyers. The SEC\u2019s March interpretation already explains how a non-security crypto asset may separate from an investment contract, but it preserves the requirement that the original offering be registered or qualify for an exemption. The first two concepts govern fundraising; the third concerns the asset\u2019s status after the issuer\u2019s work ends. None would erase an earlier registration obligation.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-553849\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-f19e8759-c169-4d1b-86a7-e8710fceaac5.png\" alt=\"SEC Aug. 14 crypto fundraising proposal process and Atkins's three illustrative exemption concepts\" width=\"720\" height=\"900\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-553849\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-f19e8759-c169-4d1b-86a7-e8710fceaac5.png\" alt=\"SEC Aug. 14 crypto fundraising proposal process and Atkins's three illustrative exemption concepts\" width=\"720\" height=\"900\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__media\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sec-crypto-tokens-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"SEC makes huge U-turn, declares crypto tokens are \u2018digital commodities' after years of legal battles\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sec-crypto-tokens-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"SEC makes huge U-turn, declares crypto tokens are \u2018digital commodities' after years of legal battles\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\"> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">SEC makes huge U-turn, declares crypto tokens are \u2018digital commodities&#8217; after years of legal battles<\/h3>\n<p>A token can exit securities status when issuer promises end, but only if the original sale was registered or exempt.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Mar 18, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-divider\">\u00b7<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Gino Matos<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-6a7b81a34c9fc\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter\" data-inline-newsletter=\"\">\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__inner\">\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__content\"> <span class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__eyebrow\">CryptoSlate Daily Brief<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__title\">Daily signals, zero noise.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__copy\">Market-moving headlines and context delivered every morning in one tight read.<\/p>\n<p> <span><i class=\"fa-regular fa-bolt\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> 5-minute digest<\/span> <span><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> 100k+ readers<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__form-shell\">\n<p class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__privacy\">Free. No spam. Unsubscribe any time.<\/p>\n<p> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-circle-xmark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> <span>Whoops, looks like there was a problem. Please try again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-circle-check\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> <span>You\u2019re subscribed. Welcome aboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before the meeting, token developers still cannot tell which issuers or offerings would qualify, whether bad-actor exclusions or investor-level limits would apply, how resale would work, or whether Atkins\u2019s $5 million, $75 million and four-year examples survived staff drafting. The published agenda supplies none of those details. Eligibility and resale rules could separate a broadly useful exemption from a channel available to only a few project types.<\/p>\n<p>The federal regulatory agenda describes a crypto-assets project that may cover offers, sales, exemptions and safe harbors, without supplying operative terms. Atkins has also said that only Congress can future-proof crypto regulation through comprehensive market-structure legislation. The SEC can pursue nearer-term relief under existing authority, but the draft crypto fundraising rules released after Friday\u2019s vote will define its scale and identify the issuers able to claim it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__media\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sec-ats-regulation-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The SEC looks at a 1990s fix for crypto markets to allow true \u201cinnovation pathway\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sec-ats-regulation-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The SEC looks at a 1990s fix for crypto markets to allow true \u201cinnovation pathway\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\"> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">The SEC looks at a 1990s fix for crypto markets to allow true \u201cinnovation pathway\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Paul Atkins said the SEC may create a limited \u201cinnovation pathway\u201d for on-chain trading systems before writing permanent rules, echoing the agency\u2019s old approach to electronic markets.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">May 9, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-divider\">\u00b7<\/span> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Gino Matos<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Featured,Regulation,regulationregulation#Fridays #SEC #vote1786481770<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will vote Friday on whether to authorize proposed crypto fundraising rules that could give some token projects a tailored route to raise capital without full securities registration. If approved, the proposal would open for public comment when released. 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