SEC retail communications.

Free skill · MIT · 25 rules · Verdict per rule, with rewrites · v1.0.0

Full SEC US retail-communications self-audit for cryptoasset marketing.

Install.

No account, no key, no runtime.

npx skills add jukkablomberg/northpoint --skill sec-retail-communications-pro

Read the full file on GitHub

When to use it.

Invoke when your marketing reaches US consumers — landing page, ad, email, banner, X post, KOL contract, video script, app store listing, press release, token-sale page.

The 25 rules.

Howey factor analysis depth (rules 1, 2, 6–9)
  • 1Howey factor 4: "essential managerial efforts" language
  • 2Forward-looking profit expectation
  • 6Howey factor 1: investment of money / value (consideration)
  • 7Howey factor 2: common enterprise
  • 8Howey factor 3 depth: profit expectation framing
  • 9SEC-CFTC March 2026 five-category classification
Section 5 registration perimeter (rules 10–13)
  • 10Section 5 registration requirement
  • 11Reg D 506(b) general-solicitation prohibition
  • 12Reg D 506(c) accredited-investor verification
  • 13Reg A+ qualified-offering marketing constraints
Anti-fraud: Section 17(a) + Rule 10b-5 (rules 14–17)
  • 14Material misstatements (Section 17(a)(2))
  • 15Material omissions doctrine
  • 16Forward-looking statement safe harbour
  • 17Past-performance presentation
Anti-touting (Section 17(b)) (rules 3, 18–19)
  • 3Compensation disclosure for paid promotion
  • 18Specificity of compensation disclosure
  • 19Cross-platform anti-touting consistency
Restricted retail / accreditation (rules 4, 20–22)
  • 4Restricted "investment" framing
  • 20Accredited-investor self-certification rules
  • 21Sophisticated investor exception (Reg D 506(b))
  • 22State Blue Sky law overlay
Misleading regulatory claims depth (rules 5, 23–24)
  • 5Misleading "SEC-approved" / "SEC-registered" claims
  • 23CFTC vs SEC jurisdictional claims
  • 24Self-regulatory organization claims (FINRA, etc.)
Cryptoasset-specific (rule 25)
  • 25Stablecoin marketing under five-category framework

What you get back.

Returns verdict + per-rule analysis + rewrite suggestions.

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