
Coinbase busca resposta da SEC para petição de regulamentação e arquiva ação judicial
- A SEC ainda não respondeu a uma petição de julho de 2022 da exchange cripto Coinbase, buscando clareza regulatória para criptoativos.
- A bolsa entrou com uma ação judicial forçando a SEC a responder à petição de regulamentação e fornecer clareza à indústria cripto.
- 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.”
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.
A Coinbase apresentou um Ação Judicial 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.
No petição 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.
As perguntas são amplas no espaço e cobrem uma série de tópicos. A Coinbase fez várias perguntas à exchange de criptomoedas, incluindo a metodologia que ela usa para categorizar os criptoativos como valores mobiliários, juntamente com a presença de requisitos que tecnicamente não são possíveis para as empresas de cripto implementarem em seus negócios.
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 afirmou que, até que a indústria criptográfica obtenha a clareza que merece, a Coinbase continuará sua luta com os reguladores. É importante mencionar aqui que a exchange de criptomoedas liderada pelo CEO Brian Armstrong é a única exchange de criptomoedas pública nos EUA e está planejando se mudar para os EUA de acordo com relatórios recentes.
Recentemente, a exchange de criptomoedas Gemini também anunciou seus planos de se mudar para fora dos EUA e se concentrar em outras regiões do mundo, incluindo a Ásia. A empresa estabeleceu um escritório em Gurgaon, Índia e planeja contratar talentos do país também.