Crypto News Today: Washington Blinked and the Crypto Market Barely Moved

What happened in crypto news today?

The single biggest story in crypto news today is what did not happen. The SEC was scheduled to meet this morning to propose Reg Crypto, its first purpose built rulemaking for digital assets, and it cancelled the session at the last minute with no replacement date.

The agency told reporters the meeting was being moved to a later date because of an unforeseen scheduling issue. The timing raised eyebrows because the meeting had been on the calendar since Monday and was widely read as the SEC stepping in to fill the vacuum left by the Senate failing to move the CLARITY Act before recess.

That matters more than a routine calendar shuffle. Reg Crypto was expected to open a limited path for issuing crypto securities without triggering full registration, and SEC Chairman Paul Atkins had positioned it as a centrepiece of his digital asset plan. The cancellation delays the start of rulemaking rather than killing the policy, but it also means issuers still have no idea what eligibility standards, disclosure rules or restrictions any exemption would carry.

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