SEC and CFTC joint interpretive release on digital asset classification
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued Interpretive release affecting Commodity Futures Trading Commission on March 17, 2026.
- Primary
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Counterparty
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Structure
- Interpretive release
- Date
- March 17, 2026
- Sub-sector
- Crypto / Digital Assets
SEC and CFTC jointly classified digital assets into five categories, clarifying bitcoin, ether, Solana and XRP as non-security digital commodities and establishing regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.
Source: mondaq.com