BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, SHIB.

These names were written together in an SEC regulatory filing for the first time, with a few more words added after them: not securities.

On the evening of March 17, 2026, the SEC and CFTC jointly released a 68-page interpretive document, formally providing systematic classification of the securities attributes of crypto assets. This is the first time at the U.S. federal level that specific tokens have been named individually and given classification conclusions in the form of an official regulatory interpretation. The document also replaces the SEC's 2019 version of the "Investment Contract Analysis Framework," which had been the primary reference for industry compliance determinations.

The release of this document has a clear timeline.

In January 2025, SEC Acting Chair Mark T. Uyeda established the Crypto Task Force to clarify the application scope of securities laws to crypto assets. In July of the same year, the Presidential Working Group on Digital Asset Markets released a report recommending that the SEC and CFTC use their existing authority to provide regulatory clarity to the industry.

SEC Chair Paul S. Atkins subsequently launched Project Crypto, which was upgraded to a SEC-CFTC joint project in January 2026. The Crypto Task Force received over 300 public comment letters during this period from issuers, investors, law firms, audit firms, and other stakeholders.

In other words, this document represents the "unified answer" from two federal regulatory agencies after more than a year of industry negotiations and policy coordination. $BTC ‌#Gate13周年全球庆典