{"id":130906,"date":"2025-08-19T15:20:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T23:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/?p=130906"},"modified":"2025-08-19T15:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T23:20:45","slug":"most-crypto-tokens-should-not-be-treated-as-securities-sec-chair-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/19\/most-crypto-tokens-should-not-be-treated-as-securities-sec-chair-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Crypto Tokens Should Not Be Treated as Securities, SEC Chair Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If classified as a commodity, a token would be overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission\u2014which many in the crypto industry view as a more favorable regulator than the Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/923508761\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>If classified as a commodity, a token would be overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission\u2014which many in the crypto industry view as a more favorable regulator than the Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/923508761\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/923508761\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/923508761\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow 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