How the SEC’s lack of leadership could facilitate crypto rulemaking
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The SEC’s recent quorum‑rule change lets a smaller committee approve actions, potentially allowing the agency to reshape crypto regulation without waiting for a market‑structure bill; this streamlined process could accelerate rule amendments, prompting faster compliance demands for exchanges and issuers while increasing regulatory uncertainty as firms scramble to adapt to evolving oversight.
A recent change in the SEC’s rules on quorum could make it easier for the agency to amend its approach to crypto regulation in the absence of a market structure bill.