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The SEC’s Approach to Digital Assets: Inside “Project Crypto”

SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins outlined the SEC's next step in the digital finance revolution: applying basic fairness and common sense in the application of the federal securities laws to crypto assets and related transactions.

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    The SEC Investor Advisory Committee will hold a meeting to discuss regulatory changes in corporate governance and the tokenization of equity securities.

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