Yav dhau los tus thawj tswj hwm Coinbase slams SEC hauv tsab ntawv tsa suab kom tshem tawm cov ntaub ntawv lag luam sab hauv

Ib tus thawj coj khoom lag luam yav dhau los ntawm kev sib pauv cryptocurrency Coinbase tau txav mus rau tshem tawm cov nqi ntawm kev iab liam kev lag luam sab hauv, nrog nws cov kws lij choj sib cav txog cov tokens uas nws tau liam tias pauv tsis yog kev nyab xeeb.

Cov kws lij choj sawv cev rau ex-Coinbase tus neeg ua haujlwm, Ishan Wahi, thiab nws tus tij laug, Nikhil Wahi, tau foob tsab ntawv tsa suab Thaum Lub Ob Hlis 6 hauv Tebchaws Meskas Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Hauv Cheeb Tsam rau Western District of Washington kom tshem tawm cov nqi them los ntawm Securities thiab Exchange Commission.

Lub SEC tau them cov kwv tij thiab lawv cov neeg koom tes, Sameer Ramani, nrog kev lag luam sab hauv lub Xya Hli dhau los, liam tias trio tau $ 1.1 lab siv Ishan cov lus qhia ntawm lub sijhawm thiab cov npe ntawm cov tokens hauv Coinbase cov npe tom ntej.

Hauv daim ntawv tshaj 80 nplooj ntawv, cov kws lij choj tau piav qhia tias SEC tau "tsis raug" hauv nws cov nqi li cas.

Lawv tau sib cav txog cov cryptocurrencies uas raug liam tias pauv los ntawm Wahi's tsis haum raws li kev cai lij choj txhais ntawm kev ruaj ntseg, vim lawv tsis muaj "kev cog lus nqis peev […] Sau los yog hais," muab piv rau lawv es tsis txhob ua lag luam hauv baseball thiab cov me nyuam mos beanie.

Cov kws lij choj rau Wahi cov kwv tij tau sib cav tias cov tokens raug liam tias yuav los ntawm ob khub yog zoo li cov ntawv ntaus pob hauv lub cev, xws li cov duab, uas tuaj yeem muag tau ntau txhiab. Qhov chaw: *Twitter*

Lawv tau sib cav tias cov neeg tsim khoom token muaj "tsis muaj lub luag haujlwm dab tsi" rau cov neeg yuav khoom ntawm cov lag luam thib ob, ntxiv:

"Nrog xoom kev sib raug zoo, tsis tuaj yeem muaj 'kev cog lus nqis peev.' Nws yog qhov yooj yim heev. "

Cov tokens, cov kws lij choj sib cav, kuj yog tag nrho cov khoom siv hluav taws xob. Lawv tau hais txog qhov tokens 'kev siv tseem ceeb yog nyob rau ntawm lub platform es tsis yog cov khoom lag luam peev.

"Tsis muaj ib qho ntawm cov tokens zoo li cov khoom lag luam [...] Cov khoom tseem ceeb ntawm txhua tus token yog los pab txhawb kev ua si ntawm lub hauv paus platforms thiab, ua li ntawd, ua kom txhua lub network tsim thiab loj hlob."

Cov kwv tij Wahi thiab Ramani purportedly yuav tsawg kawg yog 25 cryptocurrencies ua ntej Coinbase cov npe - uas tsawg kawg yog cuaj SEC lees paub yog kev nyab xeeb - ua ntej muag lawv kom tau nyiaj sai tom qab lawv cov npe.

Cov kws lij choj thuam SEC rau kev tswj hwm cov leeg

Wahi cov kws lij choj thuam SEC rau nws qhov kev sim pom tseeb ntawm "sim ua kom muaj kev tswj hwm dav dav ntawm kev lag luam tshiab loj los ntawm kev tswj hwm."

Lawv hais tias tus tswj hwm "tsis muaj kev tso cai los ntawm tsoomfwv kom pom tias cov tokens ntawm qhov teeb meem yog 'kev nyab xeeb," ntxiv:

"Yog tias SEC ntseeg tiag tiag cov cuab yeej cuab tam digital yog kev nyab xeeb, nws yuav tsum koom nrog kev tswj hwm lossis lwm yam kev hais tawm pej xeem nthuav tawm qhov kev pom thiab muab kev taw qhia rau cov neeg tswj hwm ntawm nws qhov cuam tshuam."

Cov Khoom Muag Yav Tom Ntej Trading Commission Commissioner Caroline Pham muaj yav dhau los qhia kev txhawj xeeb ntawm qhov ua tau "kev cuam tshuam dav" ntawm rooj plaub.

Nws tau hais tias SEC qhov kev ua tsis tau hais txog cov lus nug ntawm seb qee qhov cryptocurrencies puas yog kev nyab xeeb los ntawm cov txheej txheem "pob tshab" uas tsim "txoj cai tsim nyog nrog cov kws tshaj lij tawm tswv yim."

Cov kwv tij Wahi thiab Ramani kuj ntsib cov nqi los ntawm US Tus Kws Lij Choj Lub Chaw Haujlwm rau Southern District of New York hais txog kev dag ntxias thiab xaim kev dag ntxias.

Ishan Wahi thiab nws pab neeg raug cai ntawm Jones Day tau thov kom tshem tawm hauv SEC txoj cai lij choj hais txog kev iab liam kev lag luam sab hauv ntawm 9 tokens. https://t.co/s4WZuZThAp pic.twitter.com/kFJjYvdyJc
— Marisa Tashman Coppel (@mtcoppel) Lub ob hlis ntuj 7, 2023

Nikhil pleaded guilty mus rau lub txim thiab raug txim rau 10 lub hlis nyob rau hauv tsev lojcuj rau xov tooj dag kev koom ua ke nyob rau lub Ib Hlis. Ishan pleaded tsis tau ua txhaum mus rau cov nqi nyob rau lub yim hli ntuj. Ramani zoo li tseem nyob ntawm qhov loj.

Tsab ntawv tsa suab tau kos npe los ntawm 10 tus kws lij choj los ntawm tsib lub tuam txhab kev cai lij choj.

Yog hais tias tsab ntawv txiav txim tsis lees paub los ntawm Cheeb Tsam Tus Kws Txiav Txim Tana Lin, rooj plaub yuav txuas ntxiv mus.