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Jul 23, 2026
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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2060 charsU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Issues Statement on Crypto Vaults and Lending Strategies
On July 22, 2026, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester M. Peirce issued a statement addressing the application of federal securities laws to crypto vaults and onchain lending strategies. The statement clarifies that moving activities within the scope of federal securities laws onto blockchain does not automatically exempt those activities from SEC regulation.
Vaults are tools that use smart contracts to allocate user assets to yield-generating activities, including staking and lending. They range from programmatic allocations determined by immutable smart contracts to allocations at the discretion of individuals or groups. Crypto lending strategies allow participants to deposit assets into onchain systems that lend them to borrowers for a fee. The SEC identified several ways these tools may implicate federal securities laws. Vaults could constitute common enterprises in which users invest money with a reasonable expectation of profits derived from the vault deployer's managerial efforts, potentially triggering investment company regulations. Vaults holding securities or allocating assets to securities investments may resemble unit investment trusts or management investment companies. Onchain loans may bear hallmarks of notes that are securities, depending on parties' motivations, distribution plans, and other factors. Managing vaults and lending strategies may also raise investment adviser issues under federal securities laws.
The SEC encourages market participants designing and operating vaults or facilitating onchain lending to engage with the commission to determine regulatory applicability and develop compliant paths forward. The statement invites feedback on whether existing SEC rules require modification to accommodate these innovations while maintaining investor protection, market fairness, and capital formation. The SEC emphasised that federal securities laws are flexible and that it welcomes inquiries from developers seeking to serve customers in compliance with applicable regulations.
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2034 charsUS Securities and Exchange Commission Issues Statement on Crypto Vaults and Lending Strategies
On July 22, 2026, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a statement addressing the application of federal securities laws to crypto vaults and onchain lending strategies.
The statement clarifies that moving activities within the scope of federal securities laws onto blockchain does not automatically exempt those activities from SEC regulation. Vaults are tools that use smart contracts to allocate user assets to yield-generating activities, including staking and lending. They range from programmatic allocations determined by immutable smart contracts to allocations at the discretion of individuals or groups. Crypto lending strategies allow participants to deposit assets into onchain systems that lend them to borrowers for a fee.
The SEC identified several ways these tools may implicate federal securities laws. Vaults could constitute common enterprises in which users invest money with a reasonable expectation of profits derived from the vault deployer's managerial efforts, potentially triggering investment company regulations.
Vaults holding securities or allocating assets to securities investments may resemble unit investment trusts or management investment companies. Onchain loans may bear hallmarks of notes that are securities, depending on parties' motivations, distribution plans and other factors. Managing vaults and lending strategies may also raise investment adviser issues under federal securities laws.
The SEC encourages market participants designing and operating vaults or facilitating onchain lending to engage with the commission to determine regulatory applicability and develop compliant paths forward.
The statement invites feedback on whether existing SEC rules require modification to accommodate these innovations while maintaining investor protection, market fairness and capital formation.
The SEC emphasised that federal securities laws are flexible and that it welcomes inquiries from developers seeking to serve customers in compliance with applicable regulations.