SEC selective ICO enforcement might not be so bad; stablecoins hit a wall called FinCEN
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Quick Take
- Selective enforcement of ICOs by the SEC has been criticized by some as creating an unpredictable regulatory enforcement regime
- A recent academic paper soon to be published in a law journal suggests that selective enforcement of ICOs has been a benefit to the space, made possible accompanied by private class action and state regulatory activity
- Also, recent FinCEN statements make it clear that stablecoins are and will be subject to BSA compliance obligations, suggesting that SEC activity that we see as a tail of ICO activity may be followed in similar measure by FinCEN regulatory activity
Two or three years ago everyone and their Great Aunt Mathilda wanted to do an ICO and was convinced that if they went to Zug and sold tokens they wouldn’t have to worry about securities laws. I’d have calls with people where they would say that they wanted to do a blockchain for wholesale fish […]
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