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They are only securities in the eyes of SEC. There is no legally binding court decision that cryptocurrencies would be securities, and, for example, are not commodities.

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Yes, and the SEC sued them in COURT so they can make their case that they are securities and Kraken can make the case they aren’t. Isn’t this what Kraken wanted?

It would be more efficient use of tax payers money to work with Kraken and Coinbase directly and set up rules for what tokens should be securities or not.

Like the EU, Hong Kong, Japan and other countries are doing.

The SEC doesn't actually have the power to do that - the US law does. The SEC can only guide on what it thinks the law says. A court is the way to determine what the law says.

[Obviously the SEC can recommend changes to the law, and if it loses this case it might well do]

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