Letting SEC-registered crypto firms trade securities and non-securities would signal a “more mature” posture toward the industry, said Maple Finance’s co-founder.

The outgoing chairman of the SEC had a much more hostile view of crypto than his counterpart at the CFTC.

Under Behnam, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission did a lot of enforcement but also pushed for crypto regulation, and said many tokens were commodities, not securities

The bill would establish a 20-person committee of independent stakeholders tasked with advising both the SEC and CFTC.

Uniswap Labs will pay a $175,000 settlement fine as the “regulation by enforcement” campaign continues.

Nearly half of the CFTC's cases in the last fiscal year were related to digital assets.

Behnam urged Congress to grant the agency more authority over digital assets.

The news followed a long-lasting dispute between the SEC and CFTC over when a cryptocurrency is a commodity or security.

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