SEC Proposes Tailored Framework for Certain Crypto Asset Offerings

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18 proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, a new framework for certain securities offerings involving crypto assets.

The proposal would establish a tailored offering regime for certain investment contracts involving crypto assets. It remains a proposal rather than an adopted rule.

Its provisions include two proposed offering exemptions and a conditional safe harbor addressing when a crypto asset may no longer be subject to an investment contract.

The SEC’s materials frame the initiative around the treatment of crypto-asset-related investment contracts under federal securities laws.

Proposed offering exemptions

Regulation Crypto Assets would include an exemption for offerings of up to $5 million over a four-year period.

A separate proposed exemption would permit offerings of up to $75 million during each 12-month period. The SEC has proposed these thresholds as part of the tailored framework, not as currently effective exemptions.

The proposal focuses on certain investment contracts involving crypto assets, rather than stating that all crypto assets would receive the same treatment.

• Up to $5 million during a four-year period under one proposed exemption
• Up to $75 million during each 12-month period under another proposed exemption

Conditional safe harbor

The proposal also includes a conditional safe harbor connected to the term “investment contract” in federal securities-law definitions of a security.

According to the SEC’s proposal materials, the safe harbor concerns circumstances in which a crypto asset may no longer be subject to an investment contract. The available announcement does not establish that the proposal has taken effect.

The practical scope of the framework will depend on the SEC’s rulemaking process and the final form of any adopted regulation.

What the proposal means

The SEC’s action places a dedicated crypto-asset offering framework before the public as a proposed regulation. It does not itself change the status of the proposal into a final rule.

The measure is relevant to projects considering offerings that could involve investment contracts tied to crypto assets. Market participants will need to assess any final requirements based on the SEC’s completed rulemaking materials.

The proposal arrives as crypto infrastructure continues to develop across different use cases, including developments covered in discussions of AI agents and Bitcoin and Telegram’s Web3 role through TON.

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Sources

• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: SEC Proposes New Regulation Crypto Assets
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Regulation Crypto Assets
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Proposed Rule: Regulation Crypto Assets

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