{"id":564750,"date":"2026-03-05T21:52:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/sec-proposes-token-taxonomy-for-interpreting-crypto-under-securities-laws\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T21:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:52:53","slug":"sec-proposes-token-taxonomy-for-interpreting-crypto-under-securities-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/sec-proposes-token-taxonomy-for-interpreting-crypto-under-securities-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC proposes &#8216;token taxonomy&#8217; for interpreting crypto under securities laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMTIvMDE5YWZlMTUtMjIxNC03OGI2LWI5NTMtYTFkNTZkYjA3YzNh.jpg\" alt=\"SEC proposes 'token taxonomy' for interpreting crypto under securities laws\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The proposed interpretative application of federal securities laws on digital assets by the SEC reportedly carries more weight than staff-level statements.<\/p>\n<p>Officials at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) submitted a regulatory proposal to the White House with the potential to change how the government handles enforcement of federal securities laws over cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>In a Tuesday submission to the White House\u2019s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, the SEC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reginfo.gov\/public\/do\/eoDetails?rrid=1217012\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">sent<\/a> a \u201ccommission interpretation on application of the federal securities laws to certain types of crypto assets and certain transactions involving crypto assets.\u201d <\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">The move reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-04\/wall-street-regulators-advance-crypto-prediction-market-plans\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">marked<\/a> interpretative guidance around \u201ctoken taxonomy\u201d for cryptocurrencies, determining which tokens may be considered securities under the SEC\u2019s purview.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/sec-proposal-white-house-interpreting-securities-laws\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed interpretative application of federal securities laws on digital assets by the SEC reportedly carries more weight than staff-level statements. Officials at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) submitted a regulatory proposal to the White House with the potential to change how the government handles enforcement of federal securities laws over cryptocurrencies. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":564751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-564750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}