Coinbase demande la réponse de la SEC à la pétition de réglementation et intente une action en justice

• La SEC n'a pas encore répondu à une pétition de juillet 2022 par l'échange de crypto Coinbase cherchant à clarifier la réglementation pour les actifs de crypto.
• L'échange a intenté une action en justice obligeant la SEC à répondre à la pétition de réglementation et à clarifier l'industrie de la cryptographie. 
• Coinbase condemned the SEC’s “enforcement-first” move towards crypto regulation without putting proper guidelines in its 2022 petition.
• Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal said that more than 1,700 firms and corporate entities have submitted comments to the exchange’s petition.
• He said that the Administrative Procedure Act requires the SEC to respond to the exchange’s rulemaking petition “within a reasonable time.”

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There has been a constant back-and-forth struggle between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the largest crypto exchange in the US, Coinbase. The company claims that the regulator is taking an “enforcement-first” approach to regulation without clear guidelines and a regulatory framework. On the other hand, the SEC has yet to respond to a July 2022 petition by the crypto exchange seeking regulatory clarity for crypto assets. 

Coinbase a déposé une action en justice in a United States federal court in an attempt to “force” the SEC to respond to the petition that was submitted by the crypto exchange in July 2022 following the onset of the crypto market collapse and the bankruptcies of many crypto-focused companies. Interestingly, the regulator has yet to acknowledge this petition. 

Dans le pétition filed in 2022, Coinbase condemned the SEC’s “enforcement-first” move towards crypto regulation without putting proper guidelines in place for companies to follow. Furthermore, the company seeks a “yes or no” response to a July 2022 petition wherein the exchange asked the regulator over 50 questions, all related to the regulation of digital assets.

Les questions sont larges dans l'espace et couvrent un certain nombre de sujets. Coinbase a posé diverses questions à l'échange de crypto, y compris la méthodologie qu'il utilise pour classer les actifs crypto en tant que titres, ainsi que la présence d'exigences qu'il est techniquement impossible pour les sociétés de crypto de mettre en œuvre dans leurs activités. 

Coinbase stated in the petition that it believes that “appropriately tailored regulation is essential to encouraging capital formation in the digital asset industry, protecting digital asset customers and investors, and facilitating the wider adoption of digital asset technology,” while adding:

“We do not currently trade or facilitate trading in digital asset securities because of a lack of clear and workable regulation. But we would consider doing so through our SEC-registered securities broker-dealer subsidiaries once rules are in place that can accommodate the technological manner in which digital asset securities would be offered, sold, traded, custodied, and cleared.”

The court action from Coinbase was accompanied by a blog post authored by the company’s Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewal, who stated that the Administrative Procedure Act requires the SEC to respond to the exchange’s rulemaking petition “within a reasonable time.”

According to the Coinbase executive, more than 1,700 firms and corporate entities have submitted comments to exchange’s petition “echoing the request for clarity” from the SEC. Meanwhile, the regulator has doubled its crypto enforcement unit in attempts to crack down on several crypto companies.

“If the SEC says no to our rulemaking petition, which it has the right to do, then Coinbase would be allowed to challenge that decision in court and explain in that formal setting why rulemaking is required,” Grewal noted.

Grewal a déclaré que jusqu'à ce que l'industrie de la cryptographie obtienne la clarté qu'elle mérite, Coinbase poursuivra sa lutte avec les régulateurs. Il est important de mentionner ici que l'échange cryptographique dirigé par le PDG Brian Armstrong est le seul échange cryptographique public aux États-Unis et prévoit de déménager aux États-Unis selon des rapports récents. 

Récemment, l'échange de crypto Gemini a également annoncé son intention de se déplacer en dehors des États-Unis et de se concentrer sur d'autres régions du monde, y compris l'Asie. L'entreprise a établi un bureau à Gurgaon, en Inde et prévoit également d'embaucher des talents du pays.

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