🇺🇸 SEC Crypto Rules: Open Meeting Set for Aug 14 The US SEC will meet on August 14, 10:00 AM ET to consider a proposing release for a tailored offering regime for certain crypto investment contracts. What it is The long-awaited "Regulation Crypto" package: ✅ Startup exemption: Early projects raise without full registration ✅ Fundraising exemption: Larger raises under crypto-specific rules ✅ Safe harbor: A path for tokens to exit securities status once founders step back What it is NOT A vote to propose, not to adopt. Nothing becomes law on Aug 14. Timeline Approve ➝ public comment ➝ economic analysis ➝ revisions ➝ final vote. Realistically 12–18 months. An operative rule is unlikely before mid-2027. With the CLARITY Act stuck in the Senate, this is the fallback route and formal rules are far harder for a future SEC to reverse than staff guidance. All 3 sitting commissioners are pro-crypto, so approval is near certain. The real story is inside the 400+ page text. Headlines will call this "SEC legalises token sales." It isn't. It's the start of the process, not the finish. Trade the reaction, not the headline.