SEC se opõe ao plano de falência da Celsius envolvendo a Coinbase
- The SEC claimed Celsius’s agreement with Coinbase exceeds the services of a distribution agent.
- A SEC acusou anteriormente a Coinbase de operar como corretora e exchange de criptomoedas não licenciada.
- Celsius pediu falência em 2022 e deve bilhões de dólares aos investidores.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has objected to Celsius Network’s restructuring plan primarily because of the agency’s unresolved legal dispute with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.
De acordo com uma sexta-feira arquivamento by the SEC, Celsius plans to use Coinbase to distribute cryptocurrency to foreign clients and needs the court’s consent for a number of agreements with the platform.
The SEC, however, claimed that “the Coinbase Agreements go far beyond the services of a distribution agent, contemplating brokerage services and master trading services that implicate many of the concerns raised in the SEC’s District Court action against Coinbase.”
The SEC’s filing added that “the debtors have confirmed that they do not intend for Coinbase to provide brokerage services to the debtors, despite the language in the Coinbase Agreements to the contrary.“ It further stated that the court “should not be asked to approve a deal where the material terms are missing or inconsistent.”
A SEC e a Coinbase estiveram em desacordo nos últimos meses. O regulador acusou a criptografia intercâmbio de violar as leis federais de valores mobiliários e posteriormente a processou por operar sem a licença necessária.
Interestingly, Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal wasted no time to call the SEC out for objecting to Celsius’s restructuring plans. Grewal, in a post in X, said, “Coinbase is proud to engage with Celsius to distribute crypto back to its customers. I wonder, why would the SEC object to a trusted US public company taking on this role?”
Meanwhile, Celsius’s restructuring plans have seen multiple revisions since March. The crypto lender filed for bankruptcy in 2022 and currently owes investors billions of dollars. In July, the SEC filed a lawsuit against Celsius and its former CEO, Alex Mashinsky, for allegedly raising billions through illegal and fraudulent sales of crypto assets considered to be securities.
O regulador também acusou ambas as partes de manipularem o preço de seu token nativo, CEL, e de enganarem os investidores sobre o verdadeiro estado de suas operações.
Interestingly, other parties have also expressed opposition to Celsius’ plan, including the U.S. Trustee, which repeated previous reservations about whether creditors have access to sufficient information to enable them to decide whether or not to support the plan.
Cobri algumas histórias interessantes em minha carreira como jornalista e acho as histórias relacionadas ao blockchain muito intrigantes. Acredito que a Web3 vai mudar o mundo e quero que todos façam parte dele.
