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Sure, regulate them as securities, but the problem is the SEC has made it nearly impossible to actually register a cryptocurrency as a security. https://policy

• martin8412 3y ago
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• Barrin92 3y ago
  Doesn't seem that way to me. all you need to do is to file an S-1. The issue is an entirely different one which is obvious when you look at the case studies in the second post. >"Paragon Coin Inc. (“Paragon”) was a Delaware company that raised $12 million from their 2017 ICO of “PRG Tokens” as part of a scheme to integrate blockchain technology to the cannabis industry." The "PRG Token" is just a share in the company. This is a security you should only be able to buy on a registered exchange. The business obviously failed because blockchain in the cannabis industry is utterly useless, the company went broke, and the actual plan off selling their worthless tokens on a random internet platform didn't work out. So the SEC literally just did its job. None of the companies mentioned on that site has anything resembling an actual business model, the point is merely to defraud public investors on opaque exchanges. In every single case the SEC almost certainly prevented harm being done to the public. This article makes an excellent case for maintaining the status quo.
• CPLX 3y ago
  It’s trivial to register as a security it’s done countless times a year. The problem is that securities trading is regulated, and the coin base model of playing multiple roles itself is illegal