
- Gary Gansel’s departure has hoped a clear crypto rules under Trump.
- The Trump administration aims to support Crypto with new policies and regulatory changes.
- This change will eliminate agencies responsible for different parts of the financial system.
Goodbye, Gary Genel. It is appropriate to say that crypto will not remember him.
It has been a difficult ride for those in the digital asset, who had to visit the ‘Regulation By Enforcement’, a former chairperson of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Now, under the Overtont Shaveron theory, under a Supreme Court decision, which extends the authority to translate the open general legislation of regulators, Ganscel, using guidance from the works of 1934 and 1940, to digital assets firms. Break
He fell strictly on an industry that moved forward as it was better than apologizing later, rather than asking for permission. Crypto leaders argued that they were not illegal but were forced to work in an industry that lacked clear rules and regulations. The polling by the Blockchain Association and the Harrisx shows that two -thirds of the voters said that the SEC should wait for clear guidelines by the Congress before breaking the whip.
With the departure of Ganscel, digital assets hope that their appointment for clear rules and regulations will become a reality under a Crypto -friendly Trump administration. However, calling victory is very early. In advance efforts to organize the industry were deeper than individuals. The lack of financial infrastructure and over -leaping responsibilities between government agencies seeking monitoring means that the establishment of a organized crypto policing force is not directly implemented. But it will require a lot of bricks to lay the foundation that also make the implementation possible.
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President Donald Trump did not waste time on promises from crypto circles. Three days after his tenure, he signed an executive order to promote blockchain networks and support the dollar -backed Stubbocans, as well as other goals.
The SEC immediately responded with staff accounting bulletin 122, changing the previous guidance in which consumers’ digital assets firms needed to post values as liabilities on their balance sheets. For banks, this meant that capital reserves have increased to participate. It also indicated that Crypto was not saved like private assets, and transformed its collectors into unsafe lenders. The main investment strategy of Risk Demons and Credit Swiss World Head of Risk Advisory, Mark Conner, says it reflects the new accent of things coming under the Paul Atkins, Trump’s SEC Chair For choice.
Coners said that although this change was necessary because it opens the door to banks and other traditional financial firms for the holding of crypto and traffic, it is insufficient. There is a long road. The next phase is to build a bridge between the operations of 1934 and 1940, which has a unique legislation for digital asset infrastructure needs.
This must include guidelines and processes about ways to identify and track transactions on blockchain. This is a key requirement because stocks, bonds and commodities have a system of recording and clearing transactions with authorized caretakers, which allows firms to be tilt on third -party bodies so that they are guided by the principles. Follow. The crypto is on a blockchain outside the traditional financial environmental system, and there were no directives to ban the rules and regulations on the open system. Therefore, digital assets were killed in the water under the rules of security, said Lisa Bregenka, a security lawyer.
“Is it okay that only the blockchain will keep an eye on it? I can’t say honestly,” Bregenka said. She expects the public action with participants such as Quinn Base and Ripple will weigh on the tips as the next step. Nearly, she expects a break on the implementation measures, while considering whether there is any ability to comply with the Information Rules.
Meet with Crypto police
Since the instructions reduce the pipelines, they will likely come under various government agencies to monitor their financial markets and crime corners.
Securities and Exchange Commission (Seconds) The key government agency is at the forefront of Crypto Regulation. It oversees securities markets, where financial equipment is traded or used to collect capital. Its main purpose is to protect investors. For crypto markets, this work includes cyber -related risks.
The agency uses a four -part filter, to determine if the transaction is subject to the laws of securities. This includes an investment of (1) money, (2) that went to a shared enterprise, (3) with the expectation of a profit, and (4) to generate these profits by the promoter or third party Efforts.
Mark Yeda, who launched the Crypto Task Force, is the acting chairman of the SEC until the Senate votes to confirm Atkins as the next chair. Attakins has been active in Crepto as co -chairman of the Digital Chamber’s Token Alliance since 2017, calling for a clear policy for the use and development of digital tokens.
In a truthful social office, Trump said Atkins acknowledges that digital assets are “important to make the United States more than ever.”
Once the Task Force developed a framework for recommendations and Crypto, Bregonka expects SEC Division of Corporation Finance And The office of the chief accountant Early coin offerings will be able to guide companies seeking money with the token as they do for IPOs.
Commodity Future Trading Commission (CFTC) Regularly make US derivative markets for futures, options and conversion, including Bitcoin Future. In January 2024, before the approval of the Bitcoin spot ETFS, the CFTC was usually seen as more crypto -friendly, welcoming Bitcoin Future in 2021.
Disagreements between the CFTC and the SEC were at the center of the debate on whether Crypto was a commodity, falling under the first agency, or security, falling under the second.
Brengka said she remembers times when her clients faced a wasteful, duplicate operations to be brought simultaneously, so that their claims on the industry as a way to stake. , Receive the number of decisions and deposits.
“The client could not afford to defend anyone,” said Brengaraka. “So it was really pile up. The CFTC knew that we were living with the SEC and we could not pay, but the CFTC piled up anyway.”
He still has no vision on how these two agencies will divide the responsibility. Coners said, but debate about whether crypto security or commodity may be old anyway. The protocol through which the crypto moves will be a decisive factor. He added that once these guidelines are made clear and infrastructure, the governing agencies automatically remain in a position of supervision on the basis of these explanations.
Financial Crime Enforcement Network (Funcan) The Department of Treasury is part. From here, anti -money laundering and anti -terrorism financing have been proposed.
The agency also enforces “its user” (KYC), which requires firms and brokerage to confirm the customer’s identity and risk level. It also enforces anti -money laundering (AML), where policies and systems are used to identify suspicious transactions.
Service of Internal Taxes (IRS) Crypto profit is expected to pay taxes as any other benefits. Under its existing tax rules, digital assets, including NFT, are considered property.
The department has not made unique guidelines for the sector but has used previous definitions for the classification of digital assets. Depending on their use, they are either taxed either as the capital’s profit or normal income. The previous digital assets are held personally as ownership or investment, and it falls under a short or long -term capital Gain Tax bracket. The latter applies if crypto exchanges are exchanged for goods or services.
The theme of Trump’s tax measures is extension of tax deductions and jobs Act (TCJA), which expires by the end of 2025. While no crypto legislation was included in the original Act since 2017, the head of the government’s government solution, Miles Filler, expects to be included in the renewal of crypto -related elements, especially those who Senators Sanitia Referring to the previously related legislative sessions presented by the Loomis and Kirsten Glabernd.
Without mobilizing the taxable event, they may include removing taxes on a small amount. Further explanation about the Crypto tax treatment has been obtained through stacking or mining. Apply similar wash sales rules for securities on crypto to prevent the ability to claim losses on sale if the same security is recapted within 30 days. And expanding non -tax treatment to digital assets, which allows securities to lend securities without mobilizing taxable events.
Filler is not convinced whether Trump’s promise of not taxing BitCoin will be fulfilled. But if that happens, the government will need to find another avenue to meet the tax losses.
The controller’s office of the currency (OCC), As the Treasury Bureau, oversees domestic and foreign US banks and branches, and the Federal Savings Association. The agency has approved the crypto custody and the Stabonic transactions for banks with Prepowal if they can show that they can perform it safely.
Federal Reserve There are many responsibilities, including providing money and promoting interest rates and managing them. If the CBDC was ever present on the table, this agency would move forward and implement the process. The Central Bank has noted that it is looking for the potential benefits of the CBDC and has studied on Stabrics.
To date, no decision has been made about whether the CBDCS will become a reality. However, it is unlikely that Trump’s Crypto executive order called for the Americans to be saved, and cited the CBDC as a threat to financial stability and privacy.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Protects consumers from unfair business practices and fraud. Direct digital assets scams will be under the jurisdiction of the agency, which warns consumers about ways to avoid them, research scams and allow people to report them.
State -level agencies The crypto rules will also affect, especially where licensing is needed. For example, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) needs a bit lens for those involved in virtual currencies, which prevents many brokerage from being able to work in the state.