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United States

The United States proves to be one of the most complex regulatory environments with respect to tokens and digital assets. Comments and policies by regulators tend to change rapidly and without warning.

Based on this, a prudent approach is to assess if a token readily available on the market, being offered from firms which are well managed, regulated and have clear policies on token availability. In adhering to this approach, there will be no meaningful additional access to the US market of these tokens or assets.

Comments by Regulatory Agencies

Secutities and Exchange Comission

  1. Statement on Digital Assets and Trading
  • Based on this assessment, additional care is to be taken being taken with respect to utility tokens, as they may be classified as securities
  1. Remarks by William Hinman

putting aside the fundraising that accompanied the creation of Ether, based on my understanding of the present state of Ether, the Ethereum network and its decentralized structure, current offers and sales of Ether are not securities transactions

  • Based on these statements, a token that has completed a fundraise is not necessarily a security; ethereum completed a fundraise, but is not at this time a security.

Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006

In 2006 the United States congress passed what is now known as UIGEA, which imposes severe restrictions on online gaming and gambling. Tokens that are designed specifically to assist in or facilitate online gambling may be considered to be:

(i) automated clearing house (ACH) systems, (ii) card systems, (iii) check collection systems, (iv) money transmitting businesses, and (v) wire transfer systems.

Comments by Regulated Businesses

Coinbase

Last Updated July 17, 2019

Coinbase Listing Policy

The asset is not classified as a security using Coinbase's Securities Law Framework.

Coinbase Tokens Available

Kraken

Last Updated November 11, 2020

  • Kraken Terms and conditions
  • "Kraken does not offer securities services, is not registered under the securities laws of any jurisdiction and the provision of the Off-chain Staking Program has not been and will not be registered under the securities laws of any jurisdiction or otherwise approved by securities regulators in any jurisdiction."

Kraken Tokens Available

Gemini

Last updated November 11, 2020

Gemini Tokens Available

The List

Below is a list of tokens which are readily available to the US market from the companies listed above. This list available as a JSON and can be pulled in via script for automation.

Name Symbol Mined Category Companies Approved Contract Address (if ERC20 Token)
0x Protocol ZRX FALSE Swap ["Coinbase", "Kraken", "Gemini"] 0xE41d2489571d322189246DaFA5ebDe1F4699F498
Aave Protocol AAVE FALSE Defi Platform ["Coinbase", "Kraken", "Gemini"] 0x7Fc66500c84A76Ad7e9c93437bFc5Ac33E2DDaE9
Augur v2 REPV2 FALSE Prediction Market ["Coinbase", "Kraken"] 0x221657776846890989a759BA2973e427DfF5C9bB
Basic Attention Token BAT FALSE App ["Coinbase", "Kraken", "Gemini"] 0x0D8775F648430679A709E98d2b0Cb6250d2887EF
Bitcoin Cash BCH TRUE Cryptocurrency ["Coinbase", "Kraken", "Gemini"]
Bitcoin BTC TRUE Cryptocurrency ["Coinbase", "Kraken", "Gemini"]
Binance USD BUSD FALSE Stable Coin ["Paxos"] 0x4Fabb145d64652a948d72533023f6E7A623C7C53
Compound COMP FALSE Defi Platform ["Coinbase", "Kraken", "Gemini"] 0xc00e94Cb662C3520282E6f5717214004A7f26888
ChainLink LINK FALSE Data Publishing ["Coinbase", "Kraken", "Gemini"] 0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca
DAI Stablecoin DAI FALSE Stable Coin ["Coinbase", "Kraken", "Gemini"] 0x6B175474E89094C44Da98b954EedeAC495271d0F
Dogecoin DOGE TRUE Cryptocurrency ["Kraken"]
Ethereum ETH TRUE Smart Contracts ["Coinbase", "Kraken", "Gemini"]
Golem GNT FALSE Computing ["Coinbase"] 0xa74476443119A942dE498590Fe1f2454d7D4aC0d
Maker MKR FALSE Defi Platform ["Coinbase", "Gemini"] 0x9f8F72aA9304c8B593d555F12eF6589cC3A579A2
Litecoin LTC TRUE Cryptocurrency ["Coinbase", "Kraken", "Gemini"]
Decentraland MANA FALSE App ["Coinbase", "Kraken", "Gemini"] 0x0f5d2fb29fb7d3cfee444a200298f468908cc942
Paxos Standard PAX FALSE Stable Coin ["Paxos"] 0x8e870d67f660d95d5be530380d0ec0bd388289e1
Paxos Gold PAXG FALSE Stable Coin ["Paxos"] 0x45804880De22913dAFE09f4980848ECE6EcbAf78
Synthetix SNX FALSE Defi Platform ["Coinbase", "Kraken", "Gemini"] 0xc011a73ee8576fb46f5e1c5751ca3b9fe0af2a6f
Tron TRX TRUE Smart Contracts ["Kraken"]
TrueUSD TUSD FALSE Stable Coin ["TrustToken"] 0x0000000000085d4780B73119b644AE5ecd22b376
USD Coin USDC FALSE Stable Coin ["Coinbase", "Kraken"] 0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48
Tether USD USDT FALSE Stable Coin ["Kraken"] 0xdAC17F958D2ee523a2206206994597C13D831ec7
Stellar XLM TRUE Cryptocurrency ["Kraken", "Bittrex", "Coinbase"]
Monero XMR TRUE Cryptocurrency ["Kraken"]
Uniswap UNI FALSE DeFi ["Gemini", "Coinbase", "Kraken"] 0x1f9840a85d5aF5bf1D1762F925BDADdC4201F984
Wrapped Bitcoin WBTC FALSE Stable Coin ["CoinList"] 0x2260fac5e5542a773aa44fbcfedf7c193bc2c599
Yearn.finance YFI FALSE DeFi ["Coinbase", "Gemini", "Kraken"] 0x0bc529c00C6401aEF6D220BE8C6Ea1667F6Ad93e
Zcash ZEC TRUE Cryptocurrency ["Coinbase", "Gemini", "Kraken"]