US SEC Postpones Meeting on New Crypto Rule 'Reg Crypto' Without Setting a New Date

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in an end of day statement on Thursday, August 13, 2026 (22 Mordad 1405), that it is postponing this week's Friday meeting, at which it had planned to unveil its first major digital assets rulemaking, known as Reg Crypto, to a later, unspecified date, citing an unforeseen scheduling issue. According to CoinDesk, the rule was expected to create a limited framework for issuing crypto securities without triggering full SEC registration requirements.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins had previously described the rulemaking as a central piece of his digital assets regulatory plan. CoinDesk reported that a parallel effort, the innovation exemption for tokenizing securities, is also likely to be delayed. The US crypto industry is meanwhile watching the fate of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act in the Senate, whose progress also remains uncertain; the upshot of the delays is continued regulatory ambiguity for crypto market participants, including traders of the USDT stablecoin in non-US markets such as Iran.