📢 Opinion: The US SEC is considering restarting public token financing, but ICO market demand has clearly weakened
Huajian Empty Express｜Bloomberg news on Aug 28
A new SEC proposal would allow crypto projects to be exempt from full registration for publicly issuing tokens to U.S. investors: for startups, up to $5 million in funding over 4 years; for large projects, a 12-month cap of $75 million. The new rules establish a safe harbor, and once the project is completed, the tokens may be detached from their status as securities.
Compared with the brutal ICO era of 2017, this time there is mandatory disclosure attached, so compliance costs are high. Today, market funds are more inclined toward BTC, major coins, and derivatives, and the hype around newly issued tokens is far cooler than back then.
In the medium-to-long term, this is a positive narrative for the industry, but since it’s still only a proposal and not yet implemented, it’s unlikely that the ICO bull market of those years can be replicated in the short term. New projects still carry extremely high risk. #比特币升破8万美元创三月新高
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Huajian Empty Express｜Bloomberg news on Aug 28
A new SEC proposal would allow crypto projects to be exempt from full registration for publicly issuing tokens to U.S. investors: for startups, up to $5 million in funding over 4 years; for large projects, a 12-month cap of $75 million. The new rules establish a safe harbor, and once the project is completed, the tokens may be detached from their status as securities.
Compared with the brutal ICO era of 2017, this time there is mandatory disclosure attached, so compliance costs are high. Today, market funds are more inclined toward BTC, major coins, and derivatives, and the hype around newly issued tokens is far cooler than back then.
In the medium-to-long term, this is a positive narrative for the industry, but since it’s still only a proposal and not yet implemented, it’s unlikely that the ICO bull market of those years can be replicated in the short term. New projects still carry extremely high risk. #比特币升破8万美元创三月新高
⚠️ Information sharing only; not investment advice#
