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The SEC Wants Public Companies To Disclose Their Crypto Exposure

by BlockNews Team
December 13, 2022
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  • The SEC has advised publicly listed companies to disclose their involvement with digital commodities firms.
  • The agency had also advised the crypto firms to describe any risks or material exposures about crypto assets.
  • The guidance comes a day after the SEC chair Gary Gensler defended the regulator from allegations that it failed to prevent crypto firms from mishandling customer funds.

The United States Security Exchange and Commission (SEC) has advised publicly-listed companies to release updated, in-depth disclosures of how they have been affected by recent crashes that have been happening in the crypto ecosystem.

In a notice issued on December 8, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance stated that the recent turmoil in the crypto assets market has led to ‘’widespread disruption,’’ and companies may have disclosure obligations under federal security laws to disclose broader financial distress across the digital asset market.

The SEC also included an example letter expecting companies to address the direct and indirect impact of crypto asset market developments from various perspectives, including the material impact of the price volatility of digital assets on business and finances, any funds lost due to bankruptcies, quantity, and quality of crypto assets bought and sold, all the policies to safeguard assets, regulatory impact in the crypto assets market, and all procedures available to protect assets. 

The guidance comes a month after crypto exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy after loaning customer funds to a trading firm founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, Alameda Research. The company’s demise has erupted a lot of shocks to its customers, as over 100,000 users were affected. 

However, in the published notice, companies must include the following:

  • Crypto asset holdings.
  • Risk exposure to the FTX bankruptcy.
  • Other market developments in their public filings.

The companies are also asked to describe any material risks to the business from regulatory developments relating to crypto assets or threats faced by the assertion of jurisdiction by U.S. and foreign regulators in crypto markets.

Gary Gensler Defends SEC Against Failure To Protect Investors 

In September, the SEC chair Gary Gensler revealed in his speech that:

‘’These are not laundromat tokens: promoters are marketing, and the investing public is buying most of these tokens, touting or anticipating profits based on the efforts of others. Therefore, investors deserve disclosure to help them sort between the investments they think will flourish and those they think will flounder. Investors deserve to be protected against fraud and manipulation.’’

However, the SEC chair has been forced to defend his agency against allegations that the SEC has failed to prevent crypto firms from misusing customer funds. Speaking in an interview with Yahoo Finance, he stated that the SEC actively enforces crypto regulations, but the problem is that crypto is ‘’largely a non-compliant field.’’ Gensler added that the SEC would take more enforcement actions if the companies failed to comply with existing rules. 

Nonetheless, the SEC has been gearing up for better and gripping crypto regulations in recent months. The agency has opened new offices, including an Office of Crypto Assets and an office of Industrial Application and services, to run its functions more efficiently.

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