The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has revoked controversial crypto accounting guidance following upheaval from lawmakers and the crypto industry alike.
The SEC's move on Thursday marks another shakeup in the agency following former SEC Chair Gary Gensler's resignation and a potentially new era of regulating crypto. The agency issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 122, which "rescinds the interpretive guidance included in Topic 5.FF in the Staff Accounting Bulletin Series entitled Accounting for Obligations to Safeguard Crypto-Assets an Entity Holds for its Platform Users."
"Bye, bye SAB 121! " said SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on Thursday in a post on X. "It's not been fun…"
The crypto industry raised concerns about SAB 121 over the past year. The bulletin requires firms that custody cryptocurrencies to record their customers' crypto holdings as liabilities on their balance sheets.
Last year, lawmakers went so far as to vote on a measure to repeal that guidance, only to be vetoed by then-President Joe Biden. The House previously voted 228-182 to pass the measure, with mostly Republicans, though 21 Democrats signed on. A week later, the Senate voted 60 to 38, with several Democrats, including Senate Majority Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., voting in favor of the measure.
The SEC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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