While FinCEN frames the Wyden letter as a reiteration of its previous position, the application of the Bank Secrecy Act to ICO activities has been less clear than FinCEN claims in the Wyden Letter due to its own previously issued interpretive rulings. (bitcoinmagazine.com)
The TTB regulations and interpretive rulings provide an illustrative lists of «things of value» that do not cause a violation of the FAA Act. (fooddrink-magazine.com)