Cryptocurrency pauv Kraken settles SEC crypto staking suit

Kraken yog ib lub ntiaj teb loj tshaj plaws crypto pauv pauv.

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Crypto pauv Kraken yuav kaw nws US cryptocurrency staking lag luam thiab them $ 30 lab nplua nyiaj los daws qhov kev txiav txim txhaum cai liam tias nws muag cov khoom lag luam tsis tau sau npe, Securities thiab Exchange Commission hais rau hnub Thursday.

Lub SEC thov Kraken ua tsis tau tejyam rau npe qhov kev muab thiab muag ntawm nws crypto staking-as-a-service program. Asmeskas cov tub ua lag luam muaj cov cuab tam crypto muaj nqis tshaj $ 2.7 nphom ntawm Kraken lub platform, SEC liam tias, khwv tau Kraken nyob ib ncig ntawm $ 147 lab hauv cov nyiaj tau los, raws li SEC kev tsis txaus siab.

Ntau qhov kev sib pauv hauv nruab nrab xws li Kraken thiab Gemini muab cov neeg siv khoom xaiv los koom nrog lawv cov tokens txhawm rau kom tau txais txiaj ntsig ntawm lawv cov cuab tam digital uas yuav txwv tsis pub zaum ntawm lub platform. Nrog crypto staking, cov tub ua lag luam feem ntau vault lawv cov cuab tam crypto nrog lub blockchain validator, uas txheeb xyuas qhov tseeb ntawm kev pauv ntawm blockchain. Cov tub ua lag luam tuaj yeem tau txais crypto tokens ntxiv rau qhov khoom plig rau kev kaw cov khoom muaj nqis.

Ntau tshaj 135,000 tus neeg siv tshwj xeeb hauv Asmeskas tau sau npe rau Kraken's staking platform, SEC tau hais.

"Txawm hais tias nws yog los ntawm staking-as-a-service, qiv, lossis lwm yam txhais tau tias, crypto intermediaries, thaum muab kev cog lus peev hauv kev sib pauv rau cov tub ua lag luam 'tokens," tuam txhab yuav tsum "muab cov kev tshaj tawm thiab kev tiv thaiv uas xav tau los ntawm peb txoj cai lij choj," SEC Thawj Tswj Hwm Gary Gensler tau hais hauv nqe lus.

Nws yog qhov tseeb nyob rau hauv ib tug series ntawm SEC cov yeeb yam tsom rau kev lag luam crypto thiab los tsuas yog lub lis piam tom qab SEC liam tias crypto qiv Chiv Keeb thiab crypto pauv Gemini tau liam tias muaj thiab muag cov khoom lag luam tsis tau sau npe.

Lub SEC liam tias, txhawm rau txhawb cov neeg siv khoom, Kraken tau cog lus rau cov tub ua lag luam hauv qhov kev pab cuam "txhim kho cov nyiaj tau los thiab khoom plig tam sim." Kraken tau ua lag luam thiab tshaj tawm lub platform staking raws li lub sijhawm peev, SEC tau thov, nrog cov nyiaj tau los ntawm Asmeskas cov neeg siv tau txog ze li $ 15 lab ntawm cov nyiaj tau los ntawm $ 45.2 lab.

Kraken tshaj tawm ntawm nws lub vev xaib rov qab los txog li 20% txhua xyoo cov txiaj ntsig los ntawm nws cov khoom lag luam. Kev sib pauv kuj tau cog lus rau hauv nws lub vev xaib kom xa cov khoom plig rau cov neeg siv khoom ob zaug hauv ib lub lis piam.

Kraken tsis lees paub lossis tsis lees paub cov lus sib liam hauv SEC qhov kev tsis txaus siab.

Shares ntawm crypto pauv Coinbase swb rau hnub Thursday tom qab CEO Brian Armstrong ceeb toom tias muaj peev xwm SEC kev nqis tes ua hauv khw muag khoom crypto staking yuav yog "txoj kev txaus ntshai."

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/09/crypto-exchange-kraken-settles-with-sec-over-us-staking-operation.html