Author of the news: Crypto Emergency
On March 17, 2026, the SEC and CFTC officially recognized: BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP and 12 other major crypto assets as not securities, but COMMODITIES.
What happened:
Regulators grew tired of waiting for the Senate and released a 68-page clarification, taking ideas from the CLARITY Act bill. Now in the U.S. there is an official classification of 5 categories: digital commodities, collectibles (NFT/meme coins), instruments, stablecoins, and digital securities.
Official list of 'non-securities': BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA, AVAX, DOGE, SHIB, LINK, DOT, LTC, BCH, HBAR, XLM, XTZ, APT.
What this means:
The end of 'regulation through courts' - startups are no longer threatened by random lawsuits
Mining, staking, wrapped tokens, and airdrops are exempt from SEC oversight
Exchanges no longer need to verify each token
IMPORTANT nuance:
Any token can be recognized as a security if it is sold with a direct promise of profit from the team's efforts. Hype on social media and anonymous chats are no longer considered.
Regulators have been working towards this for 10 years. Institutional money can now enter calmly.
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