What exactly did Grayscale say?
Investment firm Grayscale has shared the view that the proposed regulatory regime from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for crypto assets could create the conditions for a rebirth of token sales in the United States and increase demand for blockchain infrastructure. This is reported by the Incrypted portal [1].
A token sale is a way of financing a project in which the team sells its own tokens to investors. In the US this model was practically dead for years due to legal uncertainty over whether it constitutes a sale of securities.
According to Grayscale, the potential beneficiaries could include the Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain networks, because they already play a significant role in asset tokenization today [1].
Why these three networks in particular?
The logic that Grayscale puts forward, according to the source, is simple: if token issuance and the tokenization of real-world assets pick up again in the US, activity will flow to networks that already have the infrastructure and liquidity for it. According to the firm, Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain belong to this group [1].
It is important to separate facts from expectations. The fact that Grayscale considers these networks to be candidates for growing demand is its opinion, not a proven consequence. The actual wording of the SEC proposal, its timeline, and the final form of the rules do not follow from the available source. It therefore remains open whether and when such a regime will even come into being.
How is the Ethereum ecosystem changing at the same time?
In a broader context, a structural shift around Ethereum is worth mentioning. GnosisDAO has approved the transition of the Gnosis Chain network to the so-called EEZ rollup, which will allow transactions to be settled directly on Ethereum instead of running its own independent set of validators. This is reported by Cointelegraph [2].
This is not directly related to the SEC proposal, but it shows a trend: smaller networks are attaching themselves to Ethereum as a settlement layer. If demand for tokenization really did increase, networks with a deeper connection to Ethereum could participate in it. We stress the word could, as causality here is not proven.
What does the price say?
The market moved in parallel with this news. According to Kryptonovinky.cz and Kryptonovinky.sk, Bitcoin gained roughly 8% in a single day and rose above the 69,000 dollar mark, its highest value in two months. Ethereum rose even more sharply, by approximately 18% [3][4].
Caution is needed here. These price movements are an interesting coincidence in timing, but none of the available sources claims they were caused by Grayscale's comment or the SEC proposal. Attributing a specific price move to a single piece of news would be speculation not backed by the data.
What does this mean for the European reader?
| Claim | Status |
|---|---|
| Grayscale named Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain as possible beneficiaries | Documented [1] |
| The SEC proposal will revive token sales in the US | Grayscale's opinion, not fact [1] |
| This news caused the price growth of BTC and ETH | Undocumented |
| Final form and timing of the SEC rules | Unknown |
For Europe, it is interesting to watch how the American approach to token sales differs from the MiCA framework, which is already in force in the EU. If the US opens the door to tokenization and token sales, a comparison of two regulatory philosophies will emerge. That is the thing worth watching with this type of news: not a one-off statement by a firm, but whether the proposal becomes an actual rule and how the European market reacts to it.
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