# SEC Keeps Taking Comments on Regulation Crypto After Ripple Backs the Rule and Asks for an Issuer-Promise Test

Ripple's 20-page letter supports the Securities and Exchange Commission's power to adopt the rule but asks the agency to judge when a token stops being a security by what its issuer promised, not by a general decentralization test.

- Published: 2026-10-21T05:37:25.162Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-10-21/sec-keeps-taking-comments-on-regulation-crypto-after-ripple
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [crypto.news](https://crypto.news/ripple-sec-regulation-crypto-assets-comment-letter/), [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [TokenPost](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/35590), [The Crypto Times](https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/10/21/ripple-backs-secs-proposed-regulation-crypto-assets-urges-final-rule-as-comments-close/)

The official 60-day comment period for the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed Regulation Crypto Assets closed on October 20. The proposal sets out registration exemptions and a safe harbor for tokens sold as investment cont…

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