Pregled kriptovalut: 21. marec 2024 | CryptoCompare.com

Pregled kriptovalut: 21. marec 2024 | CryptoCompare.com

Pregled kriptovalut: 21. marec 2024 | CryptoCompare.com PlatoBlockchain Data Intelligence. Navpično iskanje. Ai.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly investigating whether to classify Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, as a security, according to multiple companies that received subpoenas related to the probe.

The SEC’s move casts a shadow over the crypto industry’s hopes for approval of spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) after the SEC greenlit a series of spot Bitcoin ETFs earlier this year.

Preiskava SEC vključuje zahtevo po dokumentih in finančnih evidencah podjetij v zvezi z njihovim poslovanjem s švicarsko fundacijo Ethereum, neprofitno organizacijo, ki nadzira upravljanje in razvoj verige blokov. Viri, seznanjeni s sodnimi pozivi, so povedali, da se je preiskava začela po prehodu Ethereuma na omrežje Proof-of-Stake septembra 2022.

The existence of the probe aligns with reports citing a recent update to the Ethereum Foundation’s code repository suggesting an investigation by an unidentified state agency.

Ethereum’s legal status is particularly murky. While then-Director of Corporation Finance William Hinman navedla in 2018 that Ethereum didn’t resemble a security, Gensler’s arrival at the SEC in 2021 and Ethereum’s subsequent shift to Proof-of-Stake appear to have prompted a change in stance.

Gensler je predlagano that cryptocurrencies relying on Proof-of-Stake consensus could be classified as securities, though he hasn’t explicitly addressed Ethereum. Further complicating the issue is the SEC’s approval of nine Ether futures ETFs in October 2023, seemingly aligning with the CFTC’s view of Ether as a commodity.

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