Meme coins, a controversial segment in the broader blockchain industry, are not securities, the SEC declared Thursday, ending years of questions about the legal status of the tokens.

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With the dismissal of crypto investigations and enforcement actions and a staff memo on meme coins, the agency is taking a sharply different approach than the previous administration.

with the insiders and the bundlers and the snipers is not so much about the bad actors in the space, but because of the way that the protocols are set up to launch these meme coins," Laranja said.