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What Was the Impact of the SEC’s DAO Report on ICO Regulation?

The SEC's DAO Report established that ICOs could be subject to securities laws.
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What Was the Impact of the SEC’s DAO Report on ICO Regulation?

The SEC's 2017 DAO Report was a landmark event in ICO regulation. In the report, the SEC concluded that the DAO tokens were securities and that the federal securities laws applied to their sale.

This sent a clear message to the industry that ICOs were not immune from regulation and that many of them would be subject to securities laws.

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