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SEC Proposes New Crypto Rules With a $75 Million Offering Path
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The SEC proposed specialized exemptions for certain crypto investment contracts, including a pathway for offerings reaching $75 million annually.
Key facts
- Atkins had outlined the developing fundraising and startup exemptions months before publication, identifying the same $5 million and $75 million pathways
- The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Aug. 18 that Regulation Crypto Assets would create specialized federal offering routes for certain crypto investment contracts
- The SEC proposed specialized exemptions for certain crypto investment contracts, including a pathway for offerings reaching $75 million annually
- Under the SEC’s detailed exemption structure, a one-time startup exemption would permit offerings totaling $5 million during a period lasting up to four years
Summary
Crypto startups could raise up to $5 million during a period of up to four years. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Aug. 18 that Regulation Crypto Assets would create specialized federal offering routes for certain crypto investment contracts. Under the SEC’s detailed exemption structure, a one-time startup exemption would permit offerings totaling $5 million during a period lasting up to four years. “In line with the Commission’s earlier interpretative guidance, this proposal would also allow for a safe harbor once an issuer has completed or permanently ceased all essential managerial efforts that it represented or promised it would take under an investment contract.”