Digital assets along with other innovative financial technologies will be a priority for control in 2020. This is stated in the annual report of the Legal Compliance Review Department (OCIE) of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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The regulator intends to monitor the offer, sale, trade and management of digital assets, as well as their compliance with the definition of a security and existing regulatory standards.
Also, verification of cryptocurrency companies registered with the SEC will continue.
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“The development of financial technologies, methods of capital formation and alternative data sources require maintaining supervision in this area”, - emphasized in OCIE.
At the end of 2019, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton called the agency's approach to cryptocurrency regulation “balanced” and protecting investors.