Die SEC will ihre Crypto Enforcement Unit erweitern

• Some lawmakers have criticized the SEC’s approach to controlling the crypto industry.
• Die SEC hat seit Jahresbeginn einen stetigen Strom von Fällen gegen Kryptoprojekte geführt.
• The bulk of the SEC’s case is that digital tokens are unregistered securities.

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seems set to continue its raid against crypto companies by expanding its digital assets enforcement unit. According to a job posten, sucht die SEC Generalanwälte für Positionen in New York, Washington und San Francisco innerhalb ihrer Krypto-Durchsetzungsabteilung.

The SEC recently announced that it was “planning to add additional staff” to its Crypto Asset and Cyber Unit, or CACU. The US regulator noted that the unit was originally designed to be a 20-person operation but has since expanded in size.

The attorneys joining the CACU will likely investigate “crypto asset securities,” create litigation strategies, draft court papers, including subpoenas, and take depositions. Depending on the region, salaries for the positions range from $140,000 to $260,000. The announcement states that the application deadline is April 17.

The Division of Enforcement – Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit seeks to hire General Attorneys in New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; and Washington, DC. For more information and to apply, click here: https://t.co/OI6YQk5doI.

— SEC-Karrieren (@SEC_Careers) 10. April 2023

According to the job ad, the CACU “focuses on violations of the federal securities laws” and “exercises the full range of the Division’s investigative and law enforcement powers.”

Die SEC geht unter dem Vorsitzenden Gary Gensler verstärkt gegen die Kryptowährungsindustrie vor. Die Aufsichtsbehörde verstärkte ihre Prüfung des Kryptoraums nach dem Zusammenbruch mehrerer prominenter Kryptofirmen wie Terra und FTX, wodurch Kundengelder in Milliardenhöhe vernichtet wurden.

Gary Gensler recently requested funding of around $2.4 billion to aid the SEC’s crypto investigation. Other US regulators have ramped up efforts to control the crypto industry, raising questions about the sector’s future in the US. Some crypto users are speculating as to whether new taxes and other rules proposed by local regulators will “choke” the sector and block much-needed innovation.

Despite widespread calls for crypto regulation, some lawmakers have publicly criticized the SEC’s approach. US Congressman Tom Emmer criticized Gensler’s tactics of industry oversight and referred to him as a “bad faith regulator.”

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