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a16z And DeFi Education Fund Ask SEC To Put DEXs Outside Exchange Registration

The Defiant·September 22, 2026·1 min read
a16z And DeFi Education Fund Ask SEC To Put DEXs Outside Exchange Registration

a16z and the DeFi Education Fund jointly proposed a safe harbor to SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, creating a rebuttable presumption that decentralized exchange protocols and their front-ends are not exchanges under the Exchange Act. a16z also filed a second letter the same day asking the SEC to build a framework for DEXs.

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