Is the SEC going to engage in point shaving? The threshold for small businesses going public has significantly lowered, is the IPO market going to recover?

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[Chain News] The U.S. SEC is about to make moves — preparing to give the green light for small companies to go public.

The chairman of the SEC, Paul Atkins, revealed that they plan to reduce cumbersome disclosure requirements and tailor compliance standards based on the size of the companies. In other words, they don’t want small businesses to be crushed by the rules. How specifically will this be done? By giving newly listed companies at least a two-year grace period, allowing them not to meet all requirements immediately, and enabling information disclosure and report submission to be done in stages.

More importantly, they need to redefine what qualifies as a “small business.” After all, the last adjustment to this standard was twenty years ago. Atkins lamented that the number of listed companies has been halved compared to thirty years ago.

“Regulatory frameworks should not be a stumbling block,” he stated bluntly, “No matter what stage of development you are in or what industry you are in, there should be opportunities for an IPO.” The implication is clear—compliance costs have already kept too many potential stocks out.

Will this operation be able to heat up the IPO market again? Just wait and see with a small stool.

AirdropFreedom · Accepted Answer

Finally, someone said it—how many good companies have been killed by compliance costs?

Easing regulations is one thing, but can small businesses really seize the opportunity, or is it just another round of exploiting the little guys?

A two-year buffer period sounds good, but how many can actually make use of it?

Web3 entrepreneurs should pay attention to this; the next big opportunity might be here.

If you ask me, this is basically a disguised market rescue. Anyway, I’m optimistic about it.

Hash_Bandit · Answer

honestly feels like they're finally picking the pickaxe back up after years of just watching the hashrate flatline. twenty years? that's like... three difficulty epochs in crypto time lol. the compliance overhead did feel like it was throttling the whole network.

PanicSeller · Answer

Twenty years without adjusting the standards? What has this become haha

Finally, someone can&#39;t stand it anymore, small businesses have been stuck for too long

Point shaving is fine, but the key is still to have good projects; lowering the threshold for bad companies is useless

The compliance costs are indeed outrageous, this is a hit

Is another wave of small-cap speculation coming? Don&#39;t buy the dip, don&#39;t buy the dip

It feels favourable, but I&#39;m afraid it will end up being a tool for playing people for suckers

Let&#39;s wait for the specific details, just saying nice things has already numbed me.

QuietlyStaking · Answer

Point shaving is point shaving, but it depends on how to play it afterwards; don’t let it end up in a mess.

RektRecorder · Answer

Is this the same old routine again? Point shaving is point shaving, the small businesses that can really go public are still those few with backgrounds.

Wait, is this paving the way for certain project parties?

Lowering the thresholds will only make things more chaotic, and there will be more suckers getting played for.