The Crypto Rating Council (CRC) has evaluated IOTA, Brave’s Basic Attention Token (BAT) and the USDC stablecoin over whether they should be classified as securities.
The CRC, backed by Coinbase, Kraken and other exchanges, is a collection of major United States-based crypto firms established in September 2019. The group advocates for and promotes regulation clarity in the industry of cryptocurrency, including analyzing whether or not certain assets should be classified as securities.
According to an April 2 post, the CRC released rating scores for IOTA, USDC and BAT, in addition to updating its rating for Maker and Polymath. The scale ranks from 1 to 5 with a lower score correlated to few or no characteristics consistent with treatment as a traditional security.
BAT was given a rating of 2.00, with the council highlighting the coin’s utility as fully open-sourced and supporting the development and use of the Brave Browser. IOTA also scored 2.00, indicating that the currency is unlikely to be viewed as a security.
USDCoin, a stablecoin backed by Coinbase and Circle, was rated 1.00 by the council, consistent with other stable price-pegged coins such as DAI.
While the CRC’s determinations have no official impact on the opinions of regulators such as the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), they do provide some insight to investors on the state of crypto-assets.
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