U.S. SEC New Filing Clarifies BTC, ETH, and 16 Other Cryptocurrency Assets as Digital Commodities, Outside Securities Classification

WuSaidBlockchainW · 2026-03-18T08:55:33+00:00

The U.S. SEC and CFTC released documents listing 16 "digital commodities," including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others, clarifying that these assets do not fall within the securities category.

WuSaidBlockchainW

2026-03-18 08:55:33

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The SEC has announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have listed 16 examples of “digital commodities” in interpretive documents, including Aptos (APT), Avalanche (AVAX), Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK), Dogecoin (DOGE), Ether (ETH), Hedera (HBAR), Litecoin (LTC), Polkadot (DOT), Shiba Inu (SHIB), Solana (SOL), Stellar (XLM), Tezos (XTZ), and XRP (XRP), and clarified that these assets are not classified as securities.

BTC-4,13%

ETH-6,19%

APT-4,62%

AVAX-6,82%

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