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American CryptoFed withdrew<\/a> its second attempt to register the Locke governance token after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff found numerous material failures in its disclosure filing.<\/p>\n

The Wyoming organization submitted the withdrawal request on Aug. 3, preventing its Form 10 registration statement<\/a> from becoming effective automatically on Aug. 15 while the staff\u2019s concerns remained unresolved.<\/p>\n

American CryptoFed operates as a Wyoming nonprofit unincorporated association and describes itself as the successor to American CryptoFed DAO<\/a> LLC.<\/p>\n\n

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The organization says its network is designed to address what it considers structural weaknesses in fractional reserve banking.<\/p>\n

It argues that the US monetary system<\/a> depends on extensive supervision from agencies including the Federal Reserve<\/a> and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, alongside deposit insurance provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.<\/p>\n

American CryptoFed proposes replacing that structure with a token-based monetary system intended to operate without inflation, deflation, or transaction costs while supporting maximum employment.<\/p>\n

Its constitution assigns Locke a governance role within that system, while Ducat would function as the payment token.<\/p>\n

Locke is intended to operate on the Ethereum<\/a> blockchain with a maximum supply of 10 trillion tokens. No Locke tokens had been issued, granted, or sold when American CryptoFed withdrew the filing.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Ducat would only have been launched if Locke's value reached and sustained a value equivalent to $0.10 USD per token. However, American CryptoFed stated that there was no guarantee that Locke tokens would have any value.<\/p>\n

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Locke\u2019s next route depends on unfinished SEC rules<\/h2>\n

The withdrawal leaves American CryptoFed without a current route to register Locke and without a ruling on whether the token falls under federal securities law.<\/p>\n

American CryptoFed first sought to register Locke in 2021 through American CryptoFed DAO LLC, its now-dissolved predecessor. It attempted to withdraw the filing in July 2022 after the SEC opened administrative proceedings over alleged disclosure deficiencies.<\/p>\n

The Commission dismissed those proceedings in February 2026 after determining that the withdrawal had been effective. However, it expressed no view on whether Locke or Ducat qualified as securities.<\/p>\n\n

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American CryptoFed said it could submit another filing under a potential SEC crypto framework identified as RIN 3235-AN38<\/a>. The initiative was still classified as an economically significant proposed rule undergoing White House review as of Aug. 4, with no legal deadline for completion.<\/p>\n

The SEC\u2019s regulatory agenda<\/a> says staff is considering recommending rules governing crypto-asset offerings that could include exemptions and safe harbors. No proposal had taken effect, and the agenda does not establish that Locke would qualify for any eventual exemption.<\/p>\n

Indeed, SEC Chair Paul Atkins<\/a>\u00a0had also described a possible future framework where the safe harbor would provide crypto innovators bespoke pathways to raise capital in the US, while providing appropriate investor protections<\/p>\n\n

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However, the initiative remains a proposed rule rather than an operative exemption.<\/p>\n

Therefore, any renewed Locke effort would require American CryptoFed to submit a new registration statement addressing the staff\u2019s concerns or wait for a regulatory pathway that has been formally adopted and applies to its token model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Its Aug. 3 move stopped this Form 10 before effectiveness, leaving the maximum authorized 10 trillion Locke tokens unissued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1264,"featured_media":552304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77419,77968,79325,60208,11],"tags":[83380,72190,83381,83382],"prediction_market_topic":[],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe crypto project trying to replace the US banking system just pulled its 10 trillion token filing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"American CryptoFed withdrew Locke after regulators found material problems in the filing supporting its zero-inflation monetary system.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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