A surprise announcement by the US. SEC.

[IjawMan]

This is coming after the SEC has in this month cancelled similar proposed rule with an excuse of " unforeseen scheduling issue."

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has made its first major foray into crypto regulation, issuing a proposed rule meant to clear a path for offering crypto offerings without triggering certain regulatory demands as securities.

"Today, we are charting a new course with a package of exemptions that would facilitate capital formation and allow crypto asset innovation to flourish in the United States in the years ahead,” said SEC Chairman Paul Atkins in a statement.

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/08/18/r

What may have caused the change of mind for the SEC? Could this news be one of the triggers to Bitcoin price rise this week? With the progress of this legislation can it be expected to get to a permanent law

And here is a controversial catch from me asking, if Powell was still the SEC Chair, do you think this crypto regulatory rule would have gotten to this stage?

[Dunamisx]

The rise in Bitcoin's price happened yesterday, which was the 19th of August 2026, and their meeting is supposed to be held today, which is the 20th of August, to deliberate on whether they are going to see cryptocurrency as a security and still a commodity asset altogether or take a different approach.

I wouldn't accept if that was the reason behind the recent surge in market price, anyway there is nothing impossible in cryptocurrency today, the market often react more faster in some cases but I don't think it will have to come as this earlier before even the meeting took place, I want to believe there are actors that are already playing the game to pump and see how bitcoin could definitely prove their stand on its acceptance and to value.

I only know that regardless of the outcome of their conclusion with the SEC, they cannot stop the continuous adoption of Bitcoin.

[Oshosondy]

What may have caused the change of mind for the SEC?

According to the news that I have been reading since last week, the SEC have started more crypto regulations because of the delayed in CLARITY ACT which has not been passed by the Senate. I do not know if this is true, but probably ut might be one of the reasons, especially if what SEC is regulating specifically has been proposed in the CLARITY ACT.

[alexcat0]

Honestly, trying to time the market or keep track of all these shifting trends and project announcements right now feels like an absolute rollercoaster. Navigating market sentiment and analyzing tokenomics without getting burned takes a ton of patience. Has anyone here actually seen a project manage to hold steady long-term through these cycles, or are we all just riding the volatility wave at this point?

[SilverCryptoBullet]

"Today, we are charting a new course with a package of exemptions that would facilitate capital formation and allow crypto asset innovation to flourish in the United States in the years ahead,” said SEC Chairman Paul Atkins in a statement.

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/08/18/r

What may have caused the change of mind for the SEC? Could this news be one of the triggers to Bitcoin price rise this week?

It is actually big news for Bitcoin community and opens space for a lot of speculations about future of Bitcoin, Bitcoin market, cryptocurrency market and blockchain industry. There are big effects in the last 24 hours with sudden surges of Bitcoin and Ethereum as leaders of cryptocurrency market.

As said, this news from SEC opens space for speculations with many speculations will be wrong but I would like to ignore this news, and focus on long term. SEC released this news, they might do something in near future but there will be a lot of positive changes and growth down the road for this industry. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency market as well as blockchain industry are here to stay, to grow more, no matter what changed in short term by SEC.

Examples are many refusals of SEC on Bitcoin Futures, Bitcoin Spot ETFs but eventually after years we have all these things in active operations now.

[Luzin]

What I just read essentially is:

The proposal will establish a framework for crypto firms to raise capital under federal securities laws and also includes a conditional safe harbor from being deemed an investment contract.

However, I have not found clear details about this draft proposal. So speculating that this news is the reason for the BTC price increase does not seem entirely accurate. I read that ETF inflows increased up to $517 million on August 19, then remember the dollar weakened, the U.S. increased the size of Treasury buybacks, and Trump again pushed Congress to pass the CLARITY Act.

Source:
1. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/bitcoin-crypto-shares-climb-after-trump-pushes-clarity-act-2026-08-20
2. https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/08/20/live-updates-bitcoin-etfs-draw-usd517-million-ether-pulls-usd189-million-in-biggest-inflows-in-months?

[Yamane_Keto]

The rise in Bitcoin's price happened yesterday, which was the 19th of August 2026, and their meeting is supposed to be held today, which is the 20th of August, to deliberate on whether they are going to see cryptocurrency as a security and still a commodity asset altogether or take a different approach.

U.S. SEC open meeting was originally scheduled for August 14, 2026, but was cancelled; no further details were announced until Trump’s remarks yesterday, and the two events may well be connected. outcomes of these meetings have provided greater regulatory clarity regarding Bitcoin, though they have largely focused on altcoins and tokens.

[MainIbem]

Could this news be one of the triggers to Bitcoin price rise this week?

The congress failed to pass the crypto clarity act before the summer recess but the bill is still in motion which means that there's hope that it could pass despite the delay, maybe that's the reason why institutions, ETF's and so on are buying back in preparation for when it would be passed, it has triggered everyone including many small investors to participate in buying more too, which could probably be why Bitcoin is pumping recently, let's see how the coming weeks would.

[Zoomic]

The SEC announcement might have contributed to the recent price surge but I strongly doubt that it's the only explanation to it.

Bitcoin as we all know react to a several other things that can move the market like liquidity, institutional activity, sentiment and regulatory news, isolating the one that caused the trigger will be very difficult.

That said, I believe the regulatory clarity can play a huge role. If the SEC can move from uncertainty to a framework businesses can work with, it'll mostly like attract more capital inflow to the market.

But the question is if that happens, will the next administration or Congress adopt it or they'll want to revisit it?

[KiaKia]

If CLARITY ACT isn't passed there is a plan B, I guess this is the plan B, I can't remember where I came across this statement online reading through some latest crypto news feed on my phone.

As for Bitcoin moving all of a sudden, it could be planned but my trading tool already shows that we will move up on the daily, 2D, 6D, so I think we are going to close this week in a a bullish trend and it will be goood for Bitcoin price.

It's not confirmed until Sunday of this week is passed, but hopefully it happens.

[Merit.s]

You should know that Trump manipulatea the market whenever, he wants with sweet news that will trigger investors to rush into buying bitcoin. He said about the Clarity act to be done fairly.

Trump said the US is about to buy more bitcoin to their crypto reserve when we all know that US never bought a Satoshi but is in the possession of seized bitcoin. He's saying all these to pump the market. Who knows if this is just a bull trap.

[Oluwa-btc]

What may have caused the change of mind for the SEC? Could this news be one of the triggers to Bitcoin price rise this week? With the progress of this legislation can it be expected to get to a permanent law

And here is a controversial catch from me asking, if Powell was still the SEC Chair, do you think this crypto regulatory rule would have gotten to this stage?

Donald Trump is obviously seeing his ratings drop prior to the mid-term elections after losing the war to iran to an extent, they will do anything to manipulate the bitcoin market to see improvements in his ratings. I do not trust them in anyway. The Sec Chairman is Donald Trump's guy and will say/do whatever Trump wants him to say.

Yeah! Most definitely! After the announcement we saw a massive rise in the price.

If Powell was in charge? I have doubts. I still stand on the opinion that this is simply a scheme to see his approval ratings ahead of the midterm elections improve.

[Clearnet]

I don't understand a bit about this law, can anyone explain to me what is the benifit of it and what is this law for. Sorry I'm lost but if anyone kind enough please tell me , is this gonna put us no limit for buying bitcoin? Like no income tax query

[goldkingcoiner]

The rise in Bitcoin's price happened yesterday, which was the 19th of August 2026, and their meeting is supposed to be held today, which is the 20th of August, to deliberate on whether they are going to see cryptocurrency as a security and still a commodity asset altogether or take a different approach.

U.S. SEC open meeting was originally scheduled for August 14, 2026, but was cancelled; no further details were announced until Trump’s remarks yesterday, and the two events may well be connected. outcomes of these meetings have provided greater regulatory clarity regarding Bitcoin, though they have largely focused on altcoins and tokens.

It does sound a bit like they are somehow connected. But we could chalk that up to coincidence as well... Are there any other signs that Trump and this news is connected? If we had a bit more proofit I would strike coincidence from the table. But I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens.

Nothing positive has come from the SEC when it comes to cryptocurrency and I am not enthusiastic about what they have planned. I would not trust them to implement any kind of regulations that actually benefit the people.

[Dogedegen]

What may have caused the change of mind for the SEC? Could this news be one of the triggers to Bitcoin price rise this week? With the progress of this legislation can it be expected to get to a permanent law

And here is a controversial catch from me asking, if Powell was still the SEC Chair, do you think this crypto regulatory rule would have gotten to this stage?

You are confusing concepts that have nothing to do with each other here, there is no change of mind for the SEC. The current chair of the SEC is Paul S. Atkins, not Powell he was the chair of the FED. The SEC has been very favorable to crypto as has been the whole Trump administration. But even if they are favorable to it, they have been a bit slow when it comes to making the regulations. This means that these things were set in motion some time ago, but it has been a slow path to get it into the public. I was surprised by the announcement and the positive reaction that it has receive,d but there is no change of mind or controversial catch.

Donald Trump is obviously seeing his ratings drop prior to the mid-term elections after losing the war to iran to an extent, they will do anything to manipulate the bitcoin market to see improvements in his ratings. I do not trust them in anyway. The Sec Chairman is Donald Trump's guy and will say/do whatever Trump wants him to say.

This has nothing to do with Donald Trump and will have almost no impact on approval ratings.

Yeah! Most definitely! After the announcement we saw a massive rise in the price.

If Powell was in charge? I have doubts. I still stand on the opinion that this is simply a scheme to see his approval ratings ahead of the midterm elections improve.

You didn't even check that Powell isn't the head of the SEC before you wrote this..

It does sound a bit like they are somehow connected. But we could chalk that up to coincidence as well... Are there any other signs that Trump and this news is connected? If we had a bit more proofit I would strike coincidence from the table. But I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens.

Nothing positive has come from the SEC when it comes to cryptocurrency and I am not enthusiastic about what they have planned. I would not trust them to implement any kind of regulations that actually benefit the people.

Members here have a bit crazy tendency to blame Trump for everything, negative and good things. They just can't accept anything good that is coming from him..

[IjawMan]

I don't understand a bit about this law, can anyone explain to me what is the benifit of it and what is this law for. Sorry I'm lost but if anyone kind enough please tell me , is this gonna put us no limit for buying bitcoin? Like no income tax query

This is not about tax or any of it related to limitations on purchasing Bitcoin.

Have you heard about the US SEC suing some of the token project developers dew to the launching of their project through the backdoor without pass through the SEC fillings.

The proposed rule is here to help those small projects not to be overwhelmed by the heavy security registrations that has always made them avoid launching their projects without passing through the SEC.

If Powell was in charge? I have doubts. I still stand on the opinion that this is simply a scheme to see his approval ratings ahead of the midterm elections improve.

You didn't even check that Powell isn't the head of the SEC before you wrote this..

I'm thinking that the user was attempting to give his opinion about my last question about the proposed rule if it would have made this progress under Powell as it is presently with Atkins

[Bluebird1357]

And here is a controversial catch from me asking, if Powell was still the SEC Chair, do you think this crypto regulatory rule would have gotten to this stage?

The SEC is a politically independent regulatory agency, so the Chairman's policy priorities are generally the same, but Trump's interpretation of securities law is much more crypto-friendly than before, which has made it much easier to implement the rulemaking agenda, which is why the current Chair has been able to do what the previous SEC Chair could not do. So the credit does not go to anyone alone, but to the government's policy that works strongly here.

[Dogedegen]

If Powell was in charge? I have doubts. I still stand on the opinion that this is simply a scheme to see his approval ratings ahead of the midterm elections improve.

You didn't even check that Powell isn't the head of the SEC before you wrote this..

I'm thinking that the user was attempting to give his opinion about my last question about the proposed rule if it would have made this progress under Powell as it is presently with Atkins

Powell has nothing to do with the SEC so I don't understand why you brought Powell to this or still try to bring it back unless I misunderstood something. If you got it wrong I can understand but the user that is responding should not be justified, he wrote the post without checking which agency does what and what is happening here. I do not even understand why you are asking this question if you are not completely mixed up. Powell was the Federal Reserve chair, and they do not have anything to do with the SEC. The link that you provided is only about the SEC, so there is no point to even talk about what Powell would or wouldn't allow when he never was the person who runs the SEC.

The only correct comparison would be to compare the approach of the SEC under Atkins and with the past leaders. The past SEC chair was Gary Gensler and we know that he did a pretty bad job and tried to suppress crypto as much as possible, and didn't even leave any legacy. So Atkins is trying to modernize the system and regulate in a way that makes innovation possible and that is why the market is reacting positively to these things. Forget about Powell he is not related to this at all.

[CryptoBuds]

But the question is if that happens, will the next administration or Congress adopt it or they'll want to revisit it?

If SEC's proposal can be easily changed by any new administration later then businesses will price in that uncertainty again when making long term investment. So I would rather see if the proposal becomes final rule than any short term pump and if Congress ultimately passes legislation like CLARITY Act.

You should know that Trump manipulatea the market whenever, he wants with sweet news that will trigger investors to rush into buying bitcoin. He said about the Clarity act to be done fairly.
Trump said the US is about to buy more bitcoin to their crypto reserve when we all know that US never bought a Satoshi but is in the possession of seized bitcoin. He's saying all these to pump the market. Who knows if this is just a bull trap.

I am not in favor of blindly trusting Trump's statement. But even if we say everything is market manipulation then we need evidence. The timing of BTC's recent rise coincides with Trump's CLARITY Act comment. But at the same time, Treasury has increased long term bond buybacks and Bitcoin ETF inflow have been strong. So it is premature for me to call this as planned pump or bull trap just based on Trump's announcement.

[Cryptomultiplier]

The rise in Bitcoin's price happened yesterday, which was the 19th of August 2026, and their meeting is supposed to be held today, which is the 20th of August, to deliberate on whether they are going to see cryptocurrency as a security and still a commodity asset altogether or take a different approach.

U.S. SEC open meeting was originally scheduled for August 14, 2026, but was cancelled; no further details were announced until Trump’s remarks yesterday, and the two events may well be connected. outcomes of these meetings have provided greater regulatory clarity regarding Bitcoin, though they have largely focused on altcoins and tokens.

It does sound a bit like they are somehow connected. But we could chalk that up to coincidence as well... Are there any other signs that Trump and this news is connected? If we had a bit more proofit I would strike coincidence from the table. But I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens.

Nothing positive has come from the SEC when it comes to cryptocurrency and I am not enthusiastic about what they have planned. I would not trust them to implement any kind of regulations that actually benefit the people.

Any policies rolled out right now has more to do with how the U.S market is currently affected by the delay in signing the clarity Act because the Act assures permanent statutory certainty of cryptocurrency and am sure the previous administration wouldn't have let this Regulation crypto Assets become a possibility if I have to respond candidly.

It's good news for Bitcoin still and while some may see it as a bull trap, others would see it as an opportunity to make profit or accumulate further.