DeFi Education Fund urges SEC to make DeFi broker guidance permanent!

The DeFi Education Fund, joined by other prominent crypto industry voices, is pressing the SEC to formally codify its recent guidance on decentralized finance interfaces and the broker definition. The push signals that the industry sees the current regulatory posture as a genuine opening — and wants it locked in before it can be reversed by a future commission or administration.

Formalizing the guidance would give DeFi protocols and front-end operators clearer legal footing, reducing the compliance ambiguity that has kept institutional capital cautious about on-chain liquidity venues. For DEX operators in particular, a codified broker carve-out could meaningfully lower the legal risk of serving US users.

The campaign reflects a broader industry strategy: convert informal SEC signals into durable, enforceable rules while the regulatory window remains open.