With the SEC charging and fining the founder of Etherdelta for unregistered securities trading on the exchange (
https://www.coindesk.com/expect-the-sec-to-target-more-token-exchanges-after-etherdelta/), seems like the SEC would rather go for the source of liquidity for unregistered securities rather than track down issuers. With well over 2000 cryptos in the market, makes sense to devote resources in collaring exchanges first (after identifying unregistered securities) rather than spreading themselves too thinly in the hunt for issuers.
So, what happens next?
1. Folks will flock to Malta to open their DEXs?
2. DEXs will issue "WE DON'T SERVE AMERICANS" notice?
3. Get IP restrictions and KYC like IDEX?
4. No orderbook like Airswap?
5. Or we just got sit tight with CEXs again?
The times truly are changing
Actually, we still don't have a decentralized exchange that can't be controlled by one party, teams that claim their platforms are decentralized can still be pressured by regulation and five things above can happen because they avoid legal risks