#SECProjectCrypto 🏛️ What is Project Crypto?
Project Crypto is an SEC initiative announced on July 31, 2025, by SEC Chair, Paul Atkins, aimed at redesigning digital asset regulations to support the adoption of blockchain technology and the global position of the U.S. in the crypto industry.
This project is oriented towards implementing the recommendations of the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets, making the U.S. the "crypto capital of the world," and accelerating the implementation of modern regulations in the form of digital assets.
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🎯 Main Objectives of Project Crypto
1. Clarification of crypto asset status
The use of the Howey test will be simplified to make it easier to distinguish between tokens that are securities, commodities, stablecoins, or others.
2. Ease of fundraising via ICOs, airdrops, and staking
Safe harbors, interpretations, and exemptions will be provided for new projects to enhance public safety and transparency while opening up domestic crypto capital access.
3. Modern custody regulations & self-custody rights
Project Crypto plans to update custody rules—including allowing investors to hold crypto in personal wallets and supporting previously underserved custodial services.
4. “Super-apps” platform with single licensing
Allowing broker-dealers or ATS to provide trading services for securities, staking, lending, and crypto—all through one platform with a single license.
5. Tokenization of securities & on-chain markets
Companies can launch blockchain-based securities (tokenized securities), with the SEC supporting rulemaking that facilitates this, including in Reg NMS and on-chain settlement mechanisms.
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The CLARITY Act and the Stablecoin Act are also moving in parallel and are expected to strengthen the legal foundation of crypto in the U.S.
