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Crypto Startups Could Soon Raise Funds via NFTs

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by Giorgi Kostiuk

10 months ago

Hester Peirce, the new head of the SEC's crypto group, announced that projects using NFTs for financing could soon be exempt from securities regulation.

Announcement by Hester Peirce

Hester Peirce, recently appointed as the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s crypto working group, made a significant announcement last Friday. During the first crypto roundtable organized by the SEC, she conveyed to Decrypt that projects using NFTs as a fundraising mechanism could soon be exempt from securities regulation.

We could also do this for NFTs. If we could provide a framework or benchmarks for NFT issuers, I think that could be very helpful.None

Potential Exemptions

Despite this open stance, Peirce emphasized that not all NFTs would automatically be exempt from securities regulation. She highlighted that some NFTs could be structured as tokenized securities and thus would not qualify for the exemption.

Market Impact

NFTs peaked in late 2021, generating nearly a 25 billion dollar market. Many entrepreneurs used them as an innovative mechanism to finance their projects, offering an alternative path to traditional fundraising methods. If the SEC issues a statement on NFTs soon, it could usher in a new era for financing blockchain projects through non-fungible tokens.

Hester Peirce's announcement could herald a new phase in the use of NFTs for project financing, significantly impacting the crypto market.

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