Coinbase visste att det bröt mot amerikanska lagar, hävdar SEC

• SEC lämnade in ett svar på en brief från Coinbase om att börsen visste att den bröt mot amerikanska lagar.
• The regulator said that the crypto exchange “made the calculated decision to take on this risk.”
• Coinbase legal chief Paul Grewal said that the SEC filing contradicts Gary Gensler’s statements. 
• Börsen anser att SEC saknar jurisdiktion att stämma kryptobörsen.

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According to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the leading exchange in the country, Coinbase, knew that it was in violation of US securities laws prior to the regulator’s lawsuit. The two entities have been arguing over the listing of some of the cryptocurrencies on the exchange that the regulator considers securities.

SEC lämnade in en domstolsanmälan in response to Coinbase’s claims that the regulator does not have sufficient authority to file a lawsuit against the crypto exchange. It is crucial to note that the regulator lämnade in en stämningsansökan mot kryptohandelsplattformen i juni och hävdade att det Brian Armstrong-ledda företaget drev en oregistrerad värdepappersbörs. 

I rättegången nämnde regulatorn 13 olika kryptovalutor som är oregistrerade värdepapper, inklusive Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), etc.

“Coinbase, a multi-billion-dollar entity advised by sophisticated legal counsel, argues it was unaware that its conduct risked violating the federal securities laws, and suggests that by approving Coinbase’s registration statement in 2021, the SEC confirmed the legality of Coinbase’s underlying business activities – at that time and for all time,” the SEC said.

In the filing sent by the lawyers representing the SEC to Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the Southern District Court of New York, the regulator said that Coinbase “adopted the very legal framework as a basis for making listing decisions that it now claims has no applicability to its activities.”

Paul Grewal, the Chief Legal Officer at the crypto exchange, said that the SEC is ignoring the statements made by Chair Gary Gensler a month ago, wherein he said that “there are no regulatory authorities applicable to cryptocurrency exchanges.”

After Coinbase gave notice of it intent to move to throw out their case, we consented to a few extra days for the SEC to explain why it intends to oppose. They’ve now filed and, sadly, it’s more of the same. 1/6

— paulgrewal.eth (@iampaulgrewal) 7 juli 2023

Det är viktigt att notera att anmälningarna från Coinbase också påpekar det faktum att en potentiell risk för kunderna kretsar kring möjligheten att börsnoterade digitala tillgångar betraktas som värdepapper. 

“These actions clearly show that Coinbase understood that the securities laws could apply to its conduct and knew which rules to consider in evaluating the legality of its conduct, but nevertheless made the calculated decision to take on this risk in the name of growing its business,” the SEC filing said.

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