The SEC wants to regulate Cryptocurrency Exchanges for trading "Securities" - by @voiceofreason

in #crypto7 years ago

In a statement from the SEC, they want Crypto Exchanges to register with the agency if they are going to make a market for "securities".

That last word is the big question mark in all of this, "security".

What makes for a security?

Well according to the SEC, they have developed something called the Howey Test, which looks something like this:

(Source: https://next.autonomous.com/thoughts//the-sec-is-watching-your-initial-coin-offering)

Given that description, it sounds like some coins certainly will qualify as securities, but many will not.

Bitcoin seems to be the farthest away from a security of just about any coin given this definition.

It appears I am not the only one who thinks that:

It also probably explains why Steemi.inc has made sure to separate Steemit.inc from the steem blockchain.

One is a decentralized blockchain, the other is a company built on top of said blockchain.

While this may have sounded scary at first, it sounds like it eventually will turn out to be good news as a better and safer cryptocurrency market place will emerge.

The big question in my mind is, what will this mean for the current cryptocurrency exchanges?

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Cryptocurrencies need to overtake fiat in importance for the next step of growth for humanity, and it will happen. We're not that far now from realizing what many would call an idealistic utopia.

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