SEC Proposes Regulation for Crypto Assets With New Investment Contract Framework

SEC Proposes New Regulation Crypto Assets

On August 18, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or the “SEC”) published proposed rules, titled “Regulation Crypto Assets” (“Reg Crypto Assets”), which would establish a framework to raise capital and disclosure requirements involving certain crypto asset-related investment contracts.  The proposed rules represent the next phase in the Commission’s ongoing effort to regulate capital formation through certain investmen…

SEC Opens 60-Day Comment Window On Reg Crypto Proposal

For crypto firms that have spent the last several years reading the SEC through enforcement actions, a formal proposal represents a different kind of pressure. There is no courtroom filing to contest immediately. Instead, there is a public docket, a deadline, and a strategic decision about what to say before the window closes. According to the original report, the SEC published its Reg Crypto proposal last week, giving the public 60 days to comm…

SEC Proposes Regulation for Crypto Assets With New Investment Contract Framework

The SEC unveiled the proposal in a press release announcing Regulation Crypto Assets , positioning it as a rulemaking centered on investment contracts involving digital assets rather than on tokens in isolation. The corresponding rule text was published in the agency's proposed rule filing S7-2026-27 .Read more...

SEC's new digital asset framework tests limits of investor protection

The Securities and Exchange Commission has put forward a new proposal, Regulation Crypto Assets, designed to give crypto asset businesses a clearer route to raising capital under federal securities law. The proposal sets out two exemptions from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933. One would allow a one-off raise of up to $5m within a four-year window, while the other would permit offerings of up to $75m in any 12-month per…

SEC digital asset rules could unlock billions in new capital

The Securities and Exchange Commission has put forward a proposal that would give digital asset issuers new, tailored routes to raise capital under federal securities law. Named Regulation Crypto Assets, the proposal sets out two exemptions from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933. The first would let issuers raise up to $5m through a one-time offering over a four-year period. The second would permit repeated raises of up …

SEC Proposal Would Create Dedicated Securities Framework for Crypto Token Issuers

The SEC wants to build a rulebook made specifically for crypto. A newly floated SEC proposal for crypto token issuers would carve out a dedicated securities framework aimed at the companies and projects that create and distribute digital tokens, rather than forcing them through rules written for traditional stocks and bonds. What the SEC proposal is trying to create This is a proposal, not a finalized rule. The measure was introduced through the…