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What Is Security vs. Commodity (Crypto Classification)?

The core question regulators ask about any crypto asset: is it a security, which falls under SEC oversight and rules built for investment contracts, or a commodity, which falls under the CFTC instead. Legislation like the CLARITY Act exists specifically to answer this question clearly for the first time.

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