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Catherine McGrath

Crypto czar David Sacks says NFTs and memecoins are collectibles, not securities

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Non-fungible tokens and $TRUMP. “People buy it because they want to commemorate something.”

The famous venture capitalist’s comments touched on a long-running debate about the crypto industry in general: how exactly to treat different digital assets. Some argue that digital assets are securities, which are tradable financial assets like stocks. But others say they’re commodities, or raw materials that can be bought and sold, like gold and wheat. The classification differences have vast regulatory implications.

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