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The SEC faced a March 27, 2026, deadline for final decisions on 91 pending cryptocurrency ETF applications covering 24 different tokens.

The SEC and CFTC issued joint interpretive guidance on March 17, 2026, classifying 16 cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Ethereum as digital commodities.

Multiple spot Solana ETFs launched in late November 2025, marking the first non-Bitcoin/Ethereum spot crypto ETFs in the U.S.

Under Chair Paul Atkins and Crypto Task Force head Hester Peirce, the Securities and Exchange Commission dropped or settled numerous enforcement actions from the prior administration by mid-2025.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler resigned effective January 20, ending aggressive crypto enforcement era

The SEC filed charges against Coinbase on June 6, 2023, alleging operation of an unregistered securities exchange and broker.

The SEC filed 13 charges against Binance, BAM Trading, and CEO Changpeng Zhao on June 5, 2023, alleging operation of an unregistered exchange.

Kraken agreed on February 9, 2023, to pay $30 million and cease its US staking-as-a-service program after the SEC alleged it constituted an unregistered securities offering.

The SEC has announced settled charges against EtherDelta founder Zachary Coburn for operating an unregistered securities exchange, marking the regulator's first enforcement action against a digital token trading platform.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed its decision on VanEck and SolidX's proposed bitcoin exchange-traded fund until September 30, 2018, extending its review period.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has released an investigative report concluding that tokens offered by The DAO constitute securities under federal law, establishing important regulatory precedent for initial coin offerings.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has denied a bid to launch the first-ever Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, citing fraud risk and lack of regulation in global Bitcoin markets.