{"id":39371,"date":"2022-06-08T10:42:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T08:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coinpro.ch\/glossar\/sec\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T10:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:27:51","slug":"sec","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.coinpro.ch\/en\/glossary\/sec\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SEC is the stock exchange supervisory authority in the USA.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the SEC?<\/h2>\n<p>The SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) is the securities and exchange supervisory authority of the United States of America. All stock exchange activities and actions that have to do with securities are monitored by the SEC. <\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"20572\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"33872\">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<\/script><h2>Why is the SEC Important for Crypto?<\/h2>\n<p>For the SEC, many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinpro.ch\/en\/glossary\/cryptocurrency\/\">cryptocurrencies<\/a> apart from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinpro.ch\/en\/bitcoin-en\/what-is-bitcoin-the-btc-cryptocurrency-explained-simply\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> are securities. 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