The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission declared that most meme coins, such as Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) and Shiba Inu (SHIB-USD), are more like collectibles than securities, sparing them from federal ...

The SEC noted in a statement that federal securities laws do not bind meme coins. The agency clarified that securities laws protect neither meme coin purchasers nor holders. House Democrats are ...

President Trump posted a “SpongeBob SquarePants” meme mocking federal employees in the wake ... last week and cc your manager. Please do not send any classified information, links or ...

On February 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a statement to provide clarity on the application of ...

but the version Musk reposted did not include the Liberty Memes watermark and instead featured the DOGE logo. In sum, because Musk did repost a meme that called those who benefit from federal ...

As a result, the SEC says it does not believe people who purchase or hold meme coins are protected by federal securities law and that people “who participate in the offer and sale of meme coins ...

When meme coins—crypto tokens that usually do not purport to have any utility but are often just a single digital image of a dog, frog, ...