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>So if some anonymous person invents cryptocurrencies, at what point are you supposed to be considered securities?

Through the long-settled laws, rules, and procedures used to determine whether anything is a security.

Even though cryptocurrencies are the new hotness, this isn't a new or particularly interesting area of law. The tools for analyzing what counts as a security have long existed.




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