Lumis insight — Sunday, May 24, 2026
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SEC Charges Two DeFi Protocols as Unregistered Securities Exchanges

The SEC is applying the Howey test to on-chain governance tokens, not just centralized exchanges. This filing defines the enforcement boundary every DeFi protocol needs to understand now.

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