SEC Chairman Jay Clayton: "I want to go back to separating ICOs and cryptocurrencies. ICOs that are securities offerings, we should regulate them like we regulate securities offerings. End of story."
ok but what about ICOs that aren't securities offerings, and what about securities offerings outside of the US that are later acquired/traded by US residents?
The diff is as clear as night and day. Cryptocurrencies are defined by a shared protocol and nodes participating in the network that anyone can examine. ICOs represent a promise that they may do something...maybe