The Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidance Thursday evening saying it does not deem most meme coins securities under U.S. federal law.

Most meme coins are not securities, and their offer and sale will not need to be registered or require an exemption from ...

Two years ago, we wrote about a cautionary tale in which a New York federal court allowed a complaint alleging that a popular set of NFT ...

On February 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a statement to provide clarity on the application of ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission dropped an informal memecoin policy on the crypto industry, saying investors generally won't get protected if they're burned by such investm ...

As a result, the SEC says it does not believe people who purchase or hold meme coins are protected by federal securities law and that people “who participate in the offer and sale of meme coins ...

In this regard, meme coins are akin to collectibles," the SEC said in a statement from its division of corporate finance. Meme coins are a highly volatile slice of the crypto industry that may ...

"The SEC's recent statement on meme coins is the clarity that the digital asset space has been demanding for years," said Ishmael Green, a crypto attorney and partner at the law firm Diaz Reus.