Cameron thiab Tyler Winklevoss mus los ntawm kev ua tus thawj coj ntawm Facebook dag los ntawm Mark Zuckerberg (raws li ua yeeb yam hauv zaj yeeb yaj kiab "The Social Network") rau cov neeg siv crypto thaum ntxov uas tau los ua "Bitcoin billionaires." Tam sim no lawv ruaj tau raug nqi los ntawm United States Securities thiab Exchange Commission (SEC).
Lub SEC ntaus tus ntxaib 'kev sib pauv cryptocurrency Gemini nrog tsub nqi ntawm kev nyab xeeb ua txhaum cai rau hnub Thursday vim nws txoj haujlwm Gemini khwv tau, uas tau cog lus rov qab rau cov neeg siv khoom uas tso lawv cov crypto tuav. Chiv Keeb, nws tus khub qiv nyiaj hauv qhov kev zov me nyuam thiab ib lub koom haum ntawm Digital Currency Group (DCG), kuj tau them nyiaj nrog Gemini.
Cov nqi them tuaj tom qab ob peb lub lis piam nce kev tsis sib haum xeeb rau pej xeem nruab nrab ntawm Gemini thiab DCG kev coj noj coj ua tom qab lub Kaum Ib Hlis kev tawg ntawm crypto pauv FTX, uas triggered a tshiab nthwv dej ntawm kev lag luam sib kis raws li cov nyiaj khaws cia ntawm FTX raug kaw los yog ploj lawm. Chivkeeb yog tshaj tawm ntawm tus nuv rau ntau tshaj $ 900 lab tus nqi ntawm Gemini cov neeg siv nyiaj.
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Nws tuaj txog qhov no li cas? Ntawm no yog saib Winklevoss ntxaib 'nce nrawm hauv kev lag luam crypto thiab qhov kev txav tsis ntev los no uas ua rau muaj kev sib cav rau pej xeem ntawm Gemini thiab DCG, SEC tsub nqi, thiab qhov pom tseeb hauv Gemini nyiaj txiag.
Founding Gemini
Cov menyuam ntxaib Winklevoss tau txais qee qhov $ 65 lab nyiaj ntsuab thiab Facebook Tshuag hauv xyoo 2008 kev sib hais txog kev tsim cov social media loj heev. Tom qab tsim tsev neeg chaw ua haujlwm Winklevoss Capital hauv 2012, cov kwv tij tau pib ua kom muaj nyiaj ntau ntawm Bitcoin. Cov menyuam ntxaib muaj ntau npaum li 1% ntawm cov khoom xa tuaj ntawm cov thawj coj cryptocurrency raws li lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2013, raws li cov Washington Post.
Lawv tau mus los ntawm kev yuav khoom ntawm Bitcoin los ua ib qho kev nqis peev hauv BitInstant, kev sib pauv Bitcoin thaum ntxov uas nws tus tsim Charlie Shrem tau raug kaw tom qab raug kaw rau kev laundering nyiaj ntsig txog kev lag luam Silk Road. Tsis tas li ntawd xyoo ntawd, cov menyuam ntxaib tau sim ua thawj zaug Bitcoin ETF (lossis pauv pauv nyiaj), uas tau tsis lees paub los ntawm SEC.
Xyoo 2015, Winklevoss cov kwv tij tau qhib Gemini, kev sib pauv pauv cryptocurrency tau tso cai hauv nws lub xeev New York. Lub platform tau nthuav dav ntau xyoo thiab tau txais Nft kev ua lag luam Nifty Gateway hauv 2019, ua ntej ntawm qhov tshwm sim NFT kev lag luam boom hauv 2021. Niam txiv lub tuam txhab Gemini Chaw Nres Tsheb yog muaj nuj nqis ntawm $ 7.1 billion as 2021 nov.
Cameron thiab Tyler yog suav tias "Bitcoin billionaires" thawj zaug hauv 2017 (raws li chronicled hauv Ben Mezrich phau ntawv ntawm tib lub npe) raws li Bitcoin tus nqi tau nce mus txog ze li $ 20,000, thiab Forbes tam sim no kwv yees txhua tus kwv rau muaj nuj nqis ntawm $1.1 billion.
Tab sis nrog kev lag luam crypto hauv kev kub ntxhov nyob rau ob peb lub hlis dhau los, Gemini thiab nws cov neeg tsim tau ntsib cov teeb meem tshiab. Thaum Lub Rau Hli 2022, US Cov Khoom Muag Khoom Yav Tom Ntej Kev Lag Luam them Gemini "rau kev ua cov ntaub ntawv cuav lossis cov lus tsis raug" raws li nws nrhiav kev pom zoo ntawm nws cov khoom lag luam Bitcoin yav tom ntej, thiab Gemini plam 10% ntawm nws cov neeg ua haujlwm raws li kev lag luam crypto poob.
Gemini vs. Chiv Keeb
Ib nthwv dej tshiab ntawm kev lag luam crypto kev kub ntxhov tau ua rau Gemini cov teeb meem tsis ntev los no, ncaws tawm los ntawm lub Kaum Ib Hlis thaum ntxov kev tawg ntawm crypto pauv FTX thiab tus muam trading tuam txhab Alameda Research.
Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, Chivkeeb tshaj tawm tias nws yuav ncua kev rho tawm cov neeg siv khoom los ntawm nws lub caj npab qiv vim "FTX cuam tshuam," hais txog "kev ua lag luam tsis txaus ntseeg" uas tsis tuaj yeem ua lag luam txuas ntxiv li qub. Chivkeeb yog Gemini tus khub rau nws cov paj laum khwv tau cov khoom, thiab Gemini hais tias nws yuav tsum tau khov cov neeg siv khoom vim li ntawd.
Nyob rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis, lub Nyiaj txiag zaug qhia tias Chivkeeb tuav ib co $900 lab tus nqi ntawm cov neeg siv nyiaj los ntawm Gemini Earn program. Pawg Nyiaj Txiag Digital - uas yog tus tswv Chiv Keeb, Greyscale Kev nqis peev, thiab lwm lub tuam txhab crypto - raug liam tias daws teeb meem liquidity, raws li Cameron Winklevoss, txawm tias tus tsim thiab CEO Barry Silbert muaj assured investor txwv tsis pub.
Thaum pib ntawm 2023, kev sib tham ntiag tug ntawm Gemini thiab Chiv Keeb tau nchuav rau pej xeem thaum Winklevoss sau tsab ntawv qhib rau Silbert. Hauv tsab ntawv, nws liam Silbert ntawm "kev ntseeg tsis zoo tactics" mus nrhiav kev daws teeb meem rau qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm cov nyiaj, tawm tswv yim evasive tactics ntawm ib feem ntawm lub taub hau DCG. Silbert tsis kam lees qhov kev iab liam.
Gemini Tshaj Tawm Crypto Earn Program Amid DCG, Chiv Keeb Spat
Cov lus iab liam no hnyav zuj zus thaum Lub Ib Hlis 10 raws li Cameron Winklevoss hu kom Silbert tawm haujlwm, qhia txog kev qhia tsis tseeb thiab kev dag nyiaj txiag ntawm DCG. Cov tuam txhab teb los ntawm kev hu Winklevoss 'cov lus thov "lwm qhov kev xav tsis thoob thiab tsis tsim nyog tshaj tawm" ntawm ib feem ntawm Gemini tus tsim, uas nws tau hais tias "tsuas yog lub luag haujlwm rau kev khiav haujlwm Gemini Khwv tau thiab tshaj tawm cov kev pabcuam rau nws cov neeg siv khoom."
Gemini ces tshaj tawm tias nws tau officially tau txiav nws txoj haujlwm khwv tau, uas nws tau hais tias yuav yuam Chiv Keeb kom them rov qab qhov nws tau hais tias yog tshaj $ 900 lab tus nqi ntawm cov neeg siv nyiaj uas nws tuav. Txoj haujlwm tau ua haujlwm ze li ob xyoos hauv kev koom tes ntawm Gemini thiab Chiv Keeb.
SEC nqi
Qhov xwm txheej ntawd tseem tsis tau daws raws li qhov kev sau ntawv no, tab sis tam sim no ob qho tib si Gemini thiab Chiv Keeb ob leeg ntsib ib qho teeb meem tshiab hauv daim ntawv. SEC cov nqi cuam tshuam nrog Gemini khwv tau. Lub koom haum liam tias cov tuam txhab muag cov khoom lag luam tsis tau sau npe rau cov neeg siv khoom, nce ntau lab nyiaj 'tus nqi ntawm crypto hauv cov txheej txheem los ntawm ntau pua txhiab tus neeg siv.
SEC Hits Chiv Keeb, Gemini Nrog Kev Ruaj Ntseg Txoj Cai Lij Choj rau Gemini Khwv tau txoj haujlwm
"Peb liam tias Chivkeeb thiab Gemini muab kev nyab xeeb tsis tau sau npe rau pej xeem, hla kev nthuav tawm cov cai tsim los tiv thaiv cov tub ua lag luam," SEC Thawj Tswj Hwm Gary Gensler tau hais. "Hnub no cov nqi them ua rau yav dhau los ua kom pom tseeb rau hauv kev lag luam thiab cov pej xeem kev nqis peev uas crypto qiv platforms thiab lwm tus neeg nruab nrab yuav tsum ua raws li peb cov cai lij choj kev nyab xeeb sijhawm."
In ib tweet teb, Tyler Winklevoss tau nug txog lub sijhawm ntawm kev them nqi, hais tias Gemini tau sib tham nrog SEC rau 17 lub hlis thiab tias qhov kev zov me nyuam tau tswj hwm los ntawm New York Department of Financial Services.
"Txawm hais tias cov kev sib tham tsis tu ncua no, SEC tau xaiv tshaj tawm lawv qhov kev foob rau xov xwm ua ntej ceeb toom rau peb. Super ceg tawv, ”nws tweeted. "Nws tsis muaj hmoo tias lawv tab tom ua kom zoo rau cov ntsiab lus nom tswv tsis yog pab peb ua ntej ua rau 340,000 Khwv tau cov neeg siv thiab lwm tus neeg qiv nyiaj."
Nws hais ntxiv tias "Gemini ib txwm ua haujlwm hnyav los ua raws li txhua txoj cai thiab kev tswj hwm." Chiv Keeb thiab DCG tseem tsis tau tawm tswv yim txog SEC nqi.
Tau qhov twg los: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-billionaires-sec-charges-brief-233829911.html