SEC je bil edini regulator, ki se ni hotel srečati s Coinbaseom: Brian Armstrong

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong claims that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is the only government branch that is unwilling to meet with the firm.

Speaking on Anthony Pompliano’s Najboljša poslovna predstava on Friday, Armstrong je dejal da je med obiskom v Washingtonu po Coinbase je bil objavljen aprila, je bil SEC »edini regulator«, ki se ni hotel srečati z njim:

"Obrnil sem se na SEC. Poskušal sem doseči sestanek z njimi. Rekli so mi, da se ne srečujejo s kripto podjetji. "

"To me je nekako presenetilo, ker je tam veliko različnih regulatorjev. Vsak se je pripravljen srečati z nami in z vsako drugo vejo oblasti, "je dodal.

Armstrong highlighted his firm’s issues with the SEC’s approach earlier this month when he revealed the enforcement body had grozil, da bo tožil podjetje če je lansiral svoj kovanec USD (USDC) lending program that offered 4% annual yields. Despite other firms already offering similar services, he said the SEC refused to give the green light as it meni, da je program vrednostni papir vendar ni pojasnil, kako je prišel do tega zaključka.

During the interview with Pompliano, the Coinbase CEO noted that the SEC has not changed its tune since then, and he said it hadn’t even placed a phone call to the firm. Armstrong asked:

»Kako v tem primeru ščitijo potrošnike? Mislim, da si je veliko potrošnikov očitno želelo zaslužiti višje donose na svojih varčevalnih računih. Teh izdelkov v resnici ne dobijo iz obstoječih finančnih storitev. "

“So, that was one open question. And then the second one was, ‘How are they creating a level playing field?’” he added.

Armstrong je dejal, da je Coinbase razmišljal o vložitvi SEC na sodišče, vendar se je odločil, da ni vreden dolgotrajne pravne bitke, nenazadnje tudi zato, ker "je v sodnem sistemu regulatorjem veliko spoštovanja".

Podjetje je zdaj opustilo svoje načrte zaženite program and will instead sit on the sidelines until the regulatory landscape around crypto lending services become more transparent:

"Počakali bomo in videli, kaj SEC počne v smislu drugih izdelkov, ki so že na trgu, kjer danes niso enaki konkurenčni pogoji."

“I think we want to also just focus our efforts on maybe even more important things happening in crypto, like the questions around which of these tokens are securities and how is DeFi [decentralized finance] going to be used?” he added.

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Crypto gre v Washington

On the subject of how policymakers view crypto, Armstrong said there’s a 50/50 split in Washington between people who think it’s risky and people who see the opportunity the sector provides:

“You know, 50% of the people I talked to in D.C., roughly, they’re still thinking of crypto as a risk. They think this is scary. This is dangerous. They have all kinds of misconceptions in their head about the percentage of activity that’s for illicit activity.”

“So, that’s probably half the people I meet in D.C., and the other half, they realize that this is actually a huge opportunity,” he added.

Armstrong also appeared at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference on Wednesday and revealed that Coinbase is preparing a draft regulatory framework that it will put naprej to U.S. lawmakers next month. The firm is hoping to be an “advisor” that can advocate for “sensible regulation,” with Armstrong noting that regulators have asked the firm multiple times for a crypto proposal.

Vir: https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-was-the-on--regulator-not-willing-to-meet-with-coinbase-brian-armstrong