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SEC and CFTC unveil new crypto guidance declaring most digital assets are not securities
“We’re not the ‘securities and everything commission’ anymore,” said SEC Chair Atkins on Tuesday at the DC Blockchain Summit in Washington D.C. 

The new interpretation details a token taxonomy for stablecoins, digital commodities, and “digital tools,” among other assets.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to clarify how federal securities laws apply to certain cryptocurrencies and transactions, further cementing its place in changing the agency's approach to regulating digital assets. 

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission joined the SEC in its 68-page guidance released on Tuesday, which asserts that most cryptocurrencies are not securities, according to a statement. 

"After more than a decade of uncertainty, this interpretation will provide market participants with a clear understanding of how the Commission treats crypto assets under federal securities laws," SEC Chair Paul Atkins said in a statement. "This is what regulatory agencies are supposed to do: draw clear lines in clear terms."

The new interpretation details a token taxonomy for stablecoins, digital commodities, and "digital tools," all of which the agency said are not securities. It also seeks to address how a "non-security crypto asset" could become a security, and clarifies how federal securities laws apply to mining, protocol staking, and airdrops.

The latest move is in stark contrast to how the previous agencies approached digital asset regulation under the Biden administration. Former SEC Chair Gary Gensler took a more cautious approach to crypto, bringing several cases against big-name crypto firms and asserting that most cryptocurrencies were securities. 



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Tempo, the payments-focused blockchain developed by payments giant Stripe and crypto investment firm Paradigm, launched its mainnet on Wednesday, bringing its stablecoin payment system out of testing and into live use.

The network is built to process large numbers of transactions quickly and at low cost. It aims to make sending money with stablecoins — digital tokens tied to currencies like the U.S. dollar — feel as simple as using a card or bank transfer, but faster and available at all times.

The launch follows a public testnet that began in December, when companies including Mastercard, UBS, Klarna and Visa started experimenting with sending payments on the network. That phase allowed developers to test how stablecoins could handle everyday financial activity, such as payouts and cross-border transfers.

Alongside the mainnet launch, Tempo introduced the Machine Payments Protocol, a system co-developed with Stripe that lets software programs make payments on their own. This allows applications or artificial intelligence (AI) tools to pay for services such as data or computing power without human approval at each step.

Tempo is also targeting more familiar uses, such as sending money across borders or paying large groups of workers at once. These processes often take days and involve multiple intermediaries.

The launch comes as global payments processing firms increasingly see blockchain rails and stablecoins as a key piece of plumbing for cross-border finances. Mastercard said this week it will acquire stablecoin infrastructure startup BVNK for $1.8 billion to embed digital dollars into its payment network. That deal followed Stripe's buying of stablecoin startup Bridge and crypto wallet firm Privy.

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Vitalik Buterin says a new “fast confirmation rule” for Ethereum could give users a hard guarantee that a block will not be reverted after a single slot, or roughly 12 seconds, a change that would sharply reduce one of the network’s biggest practical frictions for exchanges, bridges and Layer-2 systems.

The proposal, described publicly by Ethereum Foundation researcher Julian Ma and endorsed by Buterin on X, is designed to narrow the gap between Ethereum’s strong security model and the slower confirmation times that still shape user experience across the ecosystem. In Buterin’s words, the mechanism “lets you get a hard guarantee that Ethereum will not revert after one slot (12 seconds). Security assumptions are (i) supermajority honest, (ii) network latency under ~3s. So one step below economic finality, but very strong for many use cases.”

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That distinction matters. Ethereum finality remains the chain’s strongest settlement guarantee, but it comes with a much longer wait time. Ma said the fast confirmation rule, or FCR, cuts deposit times from Ethereum mainnet to L2s and centralized exchanges to about 13 seconds, which he described as an “80-98% reduction for most L2s and exchanges.”

For users, the immediate consequence is speed. For infrastructure providers, the bigger story is efficiency. Ma argued that slow mainnet confirmation has forced exchanges, bridges and rollups to operate around delay and uncertainty, especially when handling deposits or syncing market activity across chains. “Bridging funds from Ethereum to L2s and centralized exchanges is slow. Users wait minutes when using the canonical bridges,” he wrote. “The new Fast Confirmation Rule (FCR) solves that. It reduces deposit time from Ethereum L1 to L2s or exchanges to about 13 seconds.”

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Those numbers show real demand is still present. But they also help explain why Citi’s revision is more nuanced than a simple bearish call. The issue is whether the current pace of flows, combined with a slower policy timeline, is strong enough to support the much higher targets Citi set in December. On that question, the bank’s answer now appears to be no.

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The timing reflects a mix of regulation, competitive urgency, and early commercial proof.

Mastercard cited increased regulatory clarity in multiple geographies. In the US, President Donald Trump signed the GENIUS Act in July 2025, creating a federal framework for stablecoins.

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“If Clarity doesn’t pass committee by the end of April, odds of passage in 2026 become extremely low. This needs to hit the Senate floor by early May. Floor time is running out, and the odds diminish every day that passes.”

Thorn also expressed caution about the chances of a breakthrough even if the rewards fight is resolved, saying:

“The framing right now is that the dispute over stablecoin rewards is holding up the Clarity Act. But even if compromise is reached on rewards, there are very likely to be other hurdles.”

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That combination of Mastercard-BVNK, Visa's settlement expansion, and Bridge's card rollout paints a consistent picture: the card networks are building stablecoin capability as a complement to their existing rails.

Stripe's February conditional OCC approval to establish a national trust bank through Bridge adds another layer.

If the regulator grants a final approval, Bridge could offer digital asset custody, stablecoin issuance, and reserve management services under federal banking supervision.

Mastercard also launched a Crypto Partner Program last week with more than 85 crypto-native firms, payment providers, and financial institutions, framing the next phase of on-chain payments as collaboration with established rails.

That combination of Mastercard-BVNK, Visa's settle

On March 19th, the U.S. Federal Reserve concluded its two-day monetary policy meeting on the 18th, announcing that it will maintain the target range for the federal funds rate between 3.5% and 3.75%. 

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Coinbase wanted BVNK because stablecoin infrastructure is strategically valuable to crypto-native firms. Mastercard wanted BVNK because that same infrastructure is now strategically valuable to traditional payment giants.

The real signal is that both camps agree that the stablecoin middleware layer, such as orchestration, licensing, compliance, conversion, and payout rails, has become too important to leave in other hands.

That middleware includes the technical and regulatory scaffolding needed to connect stablecoins with existing financial systems.

BVNK holds licenses across multiple geographies, has recently highlighted MiCA licensing and stablecoin partnerships with Visa Direct, and has built the infrastructure to handle treasury flows, cross-border settlement, and enterprise payouts.

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The bull case holds that stablecoins become a serious competitive payments and deposit product faster than expected.

Regulatory clarity broadens, enterprise issuance and settlement scale up, and Standard Chartered's January estimate of $500 billion in bank-deposit migration to stablecoins by 2028 becomes more plausible.

Mastercard's acquisition of BVNK fits that timeline: the company is paying for infrastructure that accelerates its entry into lower-cost, faster digital payment systems.

The bear case holds that the infrastructure land grab outpaces actual commerce.

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