The SEC is preparing to delist Chinese companies that have failed to comply with U.S. audit requirements.
The agency plans to require businesses to outline the risks a warming planet poses to their operations.
The CFTC has previously said that the largest coins, Bitcoin and Ether, are considered commodities.
The proposal would be one of the SEC's most significant steps to increase oversight of alternatives.
The agency has started a process that could lead to more than 200 companies being kicked off U.S. exchanges.
Gary Gensler is laying out one of the most ambitious agendas in the SEC's 87-year history.
The heightened requirement marks the SEC's latest response to Beijing's clampdown on private industry.
There are at least half a dozen bitcoin ETF applications now languishing before the SEC.
Businesses will likely be required to provide “qualitative” and “quantitative” information to investors, he said.
Pensions, charitable foundations and endowments have almost $1.4 trillion invested with hedge funds.