El CEO de Coinbase, Armstrong, critica una posible prohibición del staking de criptomonedas

• El CEO de Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, cree que prohibir el staking minorista será malo para la industria.
• Armstrong pidió colaboración en el diseño de reglas claras para la industria que promuevan la innovación.
• La Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de EE. UU. ha pedido encarecidamente la regulación de las criptomonedas en EE. UU.
• Coinbase announced last year that it was under investigation by the SEC for its staking incentives program, among other things.

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Brain Armstrong, el director ejecutivo y fundador del intercambio de criptomonedas Coinbase, ha criticado los posibles planes para prohibir el staking de criptomonedas en los Estados Unidos. Armstrong, quien ha estado en una guerra de palabras con la Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de EE. UU., dijo que escuchó rumores de que el regulador tiene la intención de prohibir el cripto staking minorista.

1/ We're hearing rumors that the SEC would like to get rid of crypto staking in the U.S. for retail customers. I hope that's not the case as I believe it would be a terrible path for the U.S. if that was allowed to happen.

—Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) 8 de febrero de 2023

Armstrong believes such a move would be a “terrible path for the U.S. if that was allowed to happen.” The Coinbase founder tuiteó that staking was “a really important innovation. It allows users to participate directly in running open crypto networks. Staking brings many positive improvements to the space, including scalability, increased security, and reduced carbon footprints.”

Armstrong went further to argue that staking was not a security, as claimed by regulators. He called for support to ensure “that new technologies are encouraged to grow in the US and not stifled by a lack of clear rules.”

Addressing the SEC’s growing empujar to regulate the crypto industry, the Coinbase founder noted that “regulation by enforcement doesn’t work. It encourages companies to operate offshore, which is what happened with FTX.”

6/ Con suerte, podemos trabajar juntos para publicar reglas claras para la industria y encontrar soluciones sensatas que protejan a los consumidores mientras preservan la innovación y los intereses de seguridad nacional en los EE. UU.

—Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) 8 de febrero de 2023

Although Armstrong did not reveal the source of the rumors, his tweet went viral. While Armstrong’s tweet might surprise some of his followers, previous comments from SEC Chairman Gary Gensler have come to light. Gensler stated that cryptocurrencies that allow staking could be classified as securities under the Howey test despite being defined as commodities by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Gensler told reporters after a Congressional hearing in September 2022 that he was not referencing any specific cryptocurrency, adding that staking was “another indica that under the Howey test, the investing public is anticipating profits based on the efforts of others.”

The top four staked cryptocurrencies by market size account for almost $55 billion in staked assets, according to Staking Rewards, indicating that a national ban would be devastating to the nation’s crypto economy, which has already seen the departure of several crypto companies to more friendly zones.

The SEC is likely to target centralized parties that provide staking services rather than the technology itself, according to several industry experts who believe that a ban on staking would be a hopeless cause that would damage the regulator’s reputation. 

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