According to the source, a social post claims that an SEC leader said a crypto innovation exemption will arrive this year; however, Paul S. Atkins is a former SEC Commissioner from 2002 to 2008 and not the current Chair, while the current SEC Chair is Gary Gensler. Sources: U.S. SEC Paul S. Atkins biography https://www.sec.gov/about/commissioners/atkins and U.S. SEC Gary Gensler page https://www.sec.gov/about/commissioners/gensler. The post does not provide an accompanying SEC press release, rule proposal, or exemptive order; material policy actions are typically published on SEC.gov via the Newsroom and Rulemaking dockets that traders can monitor. Sources: U.S. SEC Newsroom https://www.sec.gov/news and U.S. SEC Rulemaking https://www.sec.gov/rules. A related framework previously floated is Commissioner Hester M. Peirce’s Token Safe Harbor, which outlines time-limited relief for token networks to decentralize and offers a template for what an exemption could resemble if pursued. Source: U.S. SEC Public Statement by Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, Token Safe Harbor Proposal 2.0, 2021-04-05 https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/peirce-statement-token-safe-harbor-proposal-2.0-040521. For trading, wait for an official SEC filing such as a proposed rule, an exemptive order, or a staff no-action letter before recalibrating exposure to altcoins relative to BTC and ETH; these items will appear on SEC.gov if adopted. Sources: U.S. SEC Rulemaking https://www.sec.gov/rules and U.S. SEC Division of Corporation Finance no-action letters https://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/cf-noaction.