The clarity could pave the way for both exchange operators to list more meme coins without the risk of regulatory enforcement.
In January, at the height of the Trump-fueled meme mania, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said that "given there are [about 1 million] tokens a week being created now, and growing ... evaluating each one by one is no longer feasible," in a post on X. "And regulators need to understand that applying for approval for each one is totally infeasible at this point," he said.
Meme coins, of which there are thousands, sit at the furthest end of the risk spectrum. They're three to four times more actively traded than bitcoin and ether, adjusting for market cap, which makes them lucrative offerings for newcomers to the market who feel they may have missed the boat on bitcoin. Historically, they've been a gauge of retail interest and risk appetite in crypto, though most market participants warn strongly against them.