U.S. SEC maps out crypto custody in new proposal that furthers its digital assets agenda
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Key takeaways
- The SEC proposed a new rule to clarify how investment firms handle customer crypto assets.
- The proposal opens for a 60-day public comment period.
- The rule allows for self-custody under specific circumstances and permits state-chartered trusts.
SEC proposes crypto custody framework
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is aiming to clarify how investment firms can handle and keep customer crypto assets in a new rule proposed Thursday.
The proposal “would provide a clear regulatory framework for the custody of crypto assets, giving investment advisers and funds a compliant pathway where none existed before — and replacing the grey of uncertainty created by custody rules crafted for a bygone era,” said SEC Chairman Paul Atkins in a statement.
Details of the new digital assets approach
The SEC’s new approach would clarify what kinds of companies can properly hold crypto assets and how investment advisers and regulated funds need to keep records and make federal disclosures. It also offers new clarifications of industry practices and auditing requirements.
Atkins said that existing custody rules “were designed to protect the assets of advisory clients and regulated funds from loss, theft, misuse, and misappropriation,” but they only consider “the custody and safekeeping only of traditional assets — an untenable situation in the 21st century.”
Public comment period and self-custody provisions
The newly proposed rule, open for a 60-day public comment period, would also allow for self-custody of crypto assets “under certain circumstances” and permit the use of state-chartered trusts as custodians.
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