#SEC Historic Moment in Washington: XRP and 15 Assets Officially “Baptized” as Commodities
In a move that definitively changes the global map of digital assets and ends a five-year period of legal and regulatory warfare, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today proceeded with the most spectacular policy reversal in its history. The news that all investors expected, but few believed would come in such a definitive way, is now a fact: XRP is not a security, and the SEC is “relinquishing” its role as the global cryptocurrencies’ pursuer.
The new SEC Chairman, Paul Atkins, in a joint landmark appearance with the CFTC leadership, made it clear that the era of “regulation by enforcement” is a thing of the past. His now-broadcast statement, “We are no longer the Securities and Everything Commission,” signals the regulator’s complete capitulation to market realities.
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According to the official document, the SEC and CFTC have reached a joint interpretive guidance that classifies a wide range of digital assets as “digital commodities.” The move removes them from the jurisdiction of the strict securities laws of 1933 and 1934, moving them into a more flexible framework that favors innovation and institutional adoption.
The list of assets now defined as commodities includes: Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), Aptos (APT), Avalanche (AVAX), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Chainlink (LINK), Dogecoin (DOGE), Hedera (HBAR), Litecoin (LTC), Polkadot (DOT), Shiba Inu (SHIB), Stellar (XLM), and Tezos (XTZ).
The inclusion of XRP on this list is the final vindication of Ripple Labs and its community of holders, after an exhausting legal battle that lasted years. The assumption that XRP is inherently tied to the operation of a programmatic system and its value depends on the dynamics of supply and demand — and not on the efforts of a management team — is now the “legal bastion” for the entire industry.