SEC debiterar mediaföretaget för försäljning av oregistrerade värdepapper

• SEC har debiterat underhållningsföretaget Impact Theory för försäljning av NFT till investerare i USA.
• Den sade att NFT var oregistrerade värdepapper som marknadsfördes för investerare på löften om ökad avkastning.
• Företaget samlade in närmare $30 miljoner från försäljningen av NFTs mellan oktober och december 2021.
• Företaget marknadsförde NFT-kollektionen genom att säga att den skulle skapa en ny Disney.

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United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) har återigen debiterat en kryptorelaterad enhet för försäljning av oregistrerade värdepapper. Ett populärt media- och underhållningsföretag anklagades av tillsynsmyndigheten för att ha sålt icke-fungibla tokens (NFT) till investerare baserade i USA mellan oktober och december 2021. 

It is crucial to note that the new action taken by the SEC against Impact Theory is the regulator’s first unregistered securities action against NFT offerings. Interestingly, Impact Theory is responsible for producing entertainment and educational podcasts and claimed that it would “build a new Disney” while promoting its NFT collection to investors.

Enligt tjänstemannen meddelande from the SEC, the Los Angeles-based firm, which has published multiple podcasts and entertainment content, generated close to $30 million from the sale of the NFT collection, which was called the “Founder’s Keys.” The NFTs were offered in three tiers, and as per the regulator, the firm “encouraged potential investors to view the purchase of a Founder’s Key as an investment into the business.”

“Absent a valid exemption, offerings of securities, in whatever form, must be registered,” said Antonia Apps, Director of the SEC’s New York Regional Office. “Without registration, investors of all types are deprived of the protections afforded them by the robust disclosures and other safeguards long provided by our securities laws.”

Further, the SEC claims that the firm promoted the NFT collection by stating that it would create a new Disney, and holding onto the NFTs would allow them to have a piece of the firm’s business. The regulator said that it believed the offerings to be securities, and as a result, Impact Theory violated the Securities Act of 1933 by selling them without registration. 

As per the official NFT statistics, a “Legendary” (top) tier Founder’s Key NFT was last sold two days ago for a total price of $1,468. Interestingly, this is one of 10 sales in the past seven days, with the total token supply being 13,572, with 4,620 owners.

Som rapporterats tidigare lämnade SEC in en motion till överklaga beslutet tagen av domaren Analisa Torres i XRP-processen, där regulatorn hävdar att försäljningen av token bestod av oregistrerade värdepapper.

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