The Howey Test determines if transactions are investment contracts demanding SEC oversight. To pass, a deal must involve investment money in an enterprise expecting profits from others' efforts.

Certain cryptocurrencies appear to pass the Howey test, which means they qualify as an "investment contract" Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a ...

What is the Howey test? The Howey test is a legal test used in the United States to determine whether a transaction qualifies as an investment contract and, thus, is considered a security under ...

One of the most contentious issues in the cryptocurrency sphere is the looming regulation that may rock the market soon. Right now, most cryptos fall into a bit of a gray area for regulation because ...

Howey test, which the Securities and Exchange Commission uses to decide whether a digital asset should be classed as a security, has certain limitations, according to SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce. I ...

The crypto community celebrated a victory in court on Jan. 30 when the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) admitted in the remedies hearing of the LBRY case that secondary sales of ...

During my past life as an equity research analyst, 99.9% of what I considered daily, was “security.” With crypto assets, it hasn’t been that straightforward. And with the growing regulatory scrutiny ...

Cryptocurrencies are generally not subject to federal regulation unless they are deemed to be “securities,” in which case the Securities Act of 1933 requires them to abide by disclosure requirements ...