New crypto regulations likely to be big favor to the Trump family, industry insiders say

<p>Regulators narrow securities definitions – a shift that could benefit Trump family’s crypto projects</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox</a></p></li></ul><p>On Tuesday, major US financial regulators published rules for the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/cryptocurrencies">cryptocurrency</a> industry that may reduce regulatory requirements and that insiders believe will benefit the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Trump</a> family’s ventures.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/securities-and-exchange-commission">Securities and Exchange Commission</a> (SEC) issued <a href="https://www.sec.gov/files/rules/interp/2026/33-11412.pdf">new guidelines</a> for the cryptocurrency industry to answer the longstanding question of what does or does not qualify as a security, a classification that entails strict oversight. SEC chair, Paul Atkins, has dubbed the framework a “token taxonomy” for the sector. Published jointly with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the guidelines classify most of crypto-based assets as commodities, collectibles, payment tokens or “digital tools”, exempting them from the SEC’s more stringent oversight and disclosure requirements. Only blockchain-based representations of existing securities, such as stocks and bonds, remain classified as securities under this new framework.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/22/sec-crypto-regulations-trump-family">Continue reading...</a>

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