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Miles Jennings
@milesjennings
The critical takeaway here isn't about memecoins. It's that the SEC's interpretation of Howey continues to be that an investment contract may exist based on the "economic reality" of an arrangement. The SEC's recent optimistic approach to the industry and the dismissal of many of its cases has led a lot of people to believe that "everything is legal". That's particularly true because most of the cases the SEC has been dropping/settling involved arguments by the defendants that, rather than "economic reality," Howey's investment contract analysis hinged on whether there was a formal contract. So, if the dismissals were a sign that the SEC was accepting of this "predicate contract" argument (and abandoning the "economic reality" argument), nearly every token in existence would be legal. This release confirms the SEC doesn't believe "everything is legal" and that's a good thing.
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John Hoang
@jhoang
Does this mean that memecoins with fair launches are legal, but the ones that rug are illegal because they differ in the economic realities?
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binji πŸ”΄
@binji.eth
Thank you as always for all of your insights Miles!
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@runn3rr
good point
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gneric.base.eth
@gnericvibes
Thank you for breaking this down
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1dolinski
@1dolinski
Interesting dm’d
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0xen 🎩
@0xen
do you think 'art coins' eg zora's new erc20 will be treated as collectibles as well?
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@3i
kit
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Galxy
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kiuki
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Candy
@7h
nice
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how
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Phil Cockfield
@pjc
cc @ro
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McBain
@mcbain
Just so I get what you're say Company A says, "This is a memecoin" and there is none of the hallmarks of the howey test, that's probably ok Company B says, "this is a memecoin" but they offer dividends and make promises about returns and ownership rights, they are probably fucked
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@skeptical
This is huge news 22 $DEGEN
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