Reuters (May 6)
2023/ 05/ 07 by jd in Global News
The SEC and its Chair Gary Gensler have refused to “make clear how existing securities laws apply to digital assets.” From their perspective, “there’s little upside in breaking the silence.” If they state digital assets are securities, “Gensler would have to show his reasoning, opening the SEC up to more costly legal battles that it could lose.” By refusing to rule make, “the agency can keep firing off enforcement actions.”
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