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by FireBeyond 1093 days ago
No, they've released press releases about this many times.

When it came to their actual court filings, when it's time to put your money where your mouth is, they ... didn't really say much about a lack of guidance:

> We disagree that the majority of digital assets are securities. For those digital assets that are securities, registration under the current rules is, for many market participants, either not possible or not economically viable given the associated and unnecessary compliance burdens

i.e. "it's too much work, and/or not profitable for us".

The SEC isn't obligated to make securities/commodities trading profitable for exchanges.