SEC Drops Friday Meeting Set for Crypto Rule Review

The SEC canceled an open meeting scheduled for Friday, August 14, at 10:00 a.m. ET, according to an August 13 Sunshine Act notice. The meeting had been set to consider a proposed rulemaking package for crypto assets, making the cancellation a direct pause in a scheduled regulatory review rather than a completed policy decision.

The original agenda listed one item: whether the Commission should issue a release proposing new rules to create a tailored offering regime for certain investment contracts involving crypto assets. The matter was assigned to the Division of Corporation Finance, placing crypto offering rules at the center of the meeting that was removed from the calendar.

The SEC’s cancellation notice did not provide a reason, replacement date, or revised timetable for considering the proposal. That leaves the rulemaking question unresolved, and the next checkpoint is whether the Commission reschedules the item or advances it through another meeting, because the cancellation delays consideration without withdrawing the underlying proposal.

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