{
  "id": 10218922,
  "title": "SEC Staff Says Token Buybacks Don't Make Crypto a Security—If the Network Works",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/sec-staff-says-token-buybacks-dont-make-crypto-a-security-if-the",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-27T13:01:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Decrypt",
    "slug": "decrypt",
    "url": "https://decrypt.co/379398/sec-staff-token-buybacks-dont-make-crypto-security"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New SEC staff guidance says announcing a token buyback on a functional network isn't a promise that turns the token into a security, a shift one attorney says makes securities laws look \"opt-in.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}