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The only reasonable standard the crypto true believers would accept from the US government is that cryptocurrency tokens and derivatives are 100% unregulated and nontaxable by any current or future statute.
That's a nice ad hominem attack you've made there, but it isn't actually unreasonable to argue that Bitcoin and certain other currencies like it are not securities. Heck, even the SEC has said as much. It's even more reasonable to argue that things like NFTs are more like digital baseball cards than securities.
Robinhood Crypto Gets Wells Notice from US SEC
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> CFTC seems to think it would be perfectly competent to handle the situation too The way these businesses are run, it probably does too. A good amount of effort in finance goes into avoiding unneeded regulatory duplication. But if you’re a you’re a bank you get both the FDIC and SEC, a public drug manufacturer the SEC and FDA; if you’re selling crypto through your brokerage app, the SEC and CFTC.
Perhaps at the level of exchanges, sure, but for each individual token, it can't be both a commodity and a security at the same time, and the CFTC and SEC keep stepping on each other's toes.
Why not? Mixed swaps are dual regulated, for instance [1].
[1] https://katten.com/CFTC-SEC-Finalize-Swap-Product-Definition...
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Ok, but these are clearly not commodities.
From the CFTC: > Bitcoin is considered a commodity and is the underlying asset in bitcoin futures contracts… Bitcoin futures contracts — like other commodity futures contracts such as corn futures, market index futures, or gold futures — are regulated by the CFTC and must trade on CFTC-regulated exchanges. https://www.cftc.gov/LearnAndProtect/AdvisoriesAndArticles/B...
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I doubt the SEC has a strong case here. I wouldn’t worry about anything for now
What makes you think this?