The SEC and CFTC's Bromance Just Produced a 68-Page Love Child

The SEC and CFTC have jointly published a final rule and interpretation classifying crypto assets into five categories and explicitly naming Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, XRP, and others as digital commodities - not securities. The 68-page release also provides safe harbors for protocol mining, protocol staking, wrapping, and certain airdrops.

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Published Mar 18, 2026, 9:54 AM ETD

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The SEC and CFTC jointly classified Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, XRP, and others as digital commodities - not securities. Staking, mining, wrapping, and airdrops all carved out. Nine years of regulatory ambiguity, officially over. Well, over-ish. SEC & CFTC Link: https://www.sec.gov/files/rules/interp/2026/33-11412.pdf $BTC.X $ETH.X $XRP.X $ADA.X $AVAX.X