SEC Releases New Crypto FAQs on Staking, Buybacks, and Investment Contracts

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has come up with a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the 25th of September.

Here, the aim of the FAQs is to provide additional clarity on how the agency’s March 2026 Interpretive Release should be applied to different types of crypto assets and transactions.

Notably, these FAQs are not SEC rules or regulations. Instead, these are just staff guidance. And it goes without saying that this guidance does not have legal force, and as of now, the SEC itself has neither approved nor rejected this content.

In fact, it explains how the ‘Division of Corporation Finance’ interprets existing securities laws and the earlier interpretive release.