The statement from the SEC eases concerns that regulators would crack down on bitcoin and ether. The SEC did not mention if the same ruling would apply to Ripple's XRP, given it's less decentralized structure, or other tokens.
"Putting aside the fundraising that accompanied the creation of Ether, based on my understanding of the present state of Ether, the Ethereum network and its decentralized structure, current offers and sales of Ether are not securities transactions," William Hinman, who heads the Securities and Exchange Commission’s division of corporation finance