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Do you have a source for Matt "Everything is Securities Fraud" Levine being shocked by this? He seems like the last person I'd expect to be surprised by the SEC

• ahahahahah 5y ago
  Of course he doesn't. Levine isn't shocked by this. From https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-04/the-sec-has-its-eye-on-crypto https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-04/the-se... > But a lending platform that says “hey put your Bitcoins into this pool and we will give you a 10% return on them” probably is offering a security. Also > A collateralized stablecoin is basically a money market fund, money market funds are regulated by the SEC and their shares are securities, so the SEC naturally wants to treat stablecoins as securities and regulate them. I am less convinced that this view is correct, 2 but it’s probably the SEC’s view and > The speech is not exhaustive, and I am perhaps wrong in interpreting it to mean “everything in crypto is a security until proven otherwise.” Now, maybe he misspoke and didn't mean shocked but rather meant that Levine disagreed with categorizing it as a security, but given that first quote I think even that extremely kind reading of his comment would have no standing.