共和黨眾議員威廉·蒂蒙斯（William Timmons）要求SEC主席保羅·阿特金斯（Paul Atkins）移交有關該機構對以太歷史待遇的文件

蒂蒙斯（Timmons）在周二的一封信中向阿特金斯（Atkins）詢問了SEC（ETHE）的“歷史觀點”（ETH）的“特定文件”（ETH）

Republican Representative William Timmons has asked US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Paul Atkins to turn over documents on the agency’s historical treatment of Ether under its Biden-era chair, Gary Gensler.

共和黨代表威廉·蒂蒙斯（William Timmons）已要求美國證券交易委員會主席保羅·阿特金斯（Paul Atkins）在其拜登時代的主席加里·蓋斯勒（Gary Gensler）下，將其歷史待遇移交給了該機構的歷史待遇。

Timmons asked Atkins in a letter on Tuesday for “specific documents” on the SEC’s “historical views on the status” of Ether (ETH), which he argued will help the public and Congress understand the former leadership’s approach.

蒂蒙斯在周二的一封信中要求阿特金斯（Atkins），介紹了SEC（ETH）（ETH）的“歷史觀點”的“特定文件”，他認為這將有助於公眾和國會理解前任領導人的方法。

“Under prior leadership the SEC refused to articulate a consistent, coherent view on how it believed the securities laws apply to digital assets. Its zigzagging approach to ETH is a case in point,” the letter read.

信中寫道：“在先前的領導下，美國證券交易委員會拒絕闡明其認為如何將證券法適用於數字資產的一致，連貫的看法。其對ETH的曲折方法就是一個例子。”

Gensler ‘cast doubt’ on ETH as chair

Gensler對ETH擔任主席的ETH“持懷疑態度”

Timmons noted that in 2018 the SEC’s then-director of corporate finance, William Hinman, said the agency wouldn’t treat Bitcoin (BTC) or ETH as securities.

Timmons指出，2018年SEC當時的公司融資領導威廉·辛曼（William Hinman）表示，該機構不會將比特幣（BTC）或ETH視為證券。

However, he claimed Gensler, as chair, “cast doubt on ETH’s status by repeatedly refusing to answer questions about whether the SEC views ETH as a security” during an April 2023 congressional hearing.

但是，他聲稱Gensler擔任主席，“在2023年4月的國會聽證會上，反复拒絕回答有關SEC是否將ETH視為安全的問題來對ETH的身份表示懷疑。

“As would later be revealed, days before that testimony the SEC had approved a formal investigation into whether ETH is a security,” Timmons wrote.

Timmons寫道：“正如後來揭示的那樣，在證詞的前幾天，SEC批准了對ETH是否是安全的正式調查。”

A year later the SEC approved Ether exchange-traded funds, which Timmons said “would be appropriate only if ETH is not a security,” and the SEC closed its probe into ETH “a few weeks later.”

一年後，美國證券交易委員會（SEC）批准了以太幣交易所交易的資金，蒂蒙斯（Timmons）表示，“只有在ETH不是安全性的情況下，這是適當的”，而SEC將其對ETH的調查“幾週後”關閉。

“These repeated swerves caused destabilizing confusion for millions of American crypto-market participants,” he added.

他補充說：“這些反复的轉向使數百萬美國加密市場參與者造成了穩定的困惑。”

Letter adds to Coinbase FOIA action

信件添加到Coinbase Foia動作中

Timmons’ letter follows a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request backed by crypto exchange Coinbase in 2023, which asked the SEC for documents about its views on ETH.

Timmons的信遵循由Crypto Exchange Coinbase在2023年支持的《信息自由法》（FOIA）的請求，該請求要求SEC關於其對ETH的看法。

The SEC denied the request, leading Coinbase to sue the SEC over alleged FOIA violations in June.

SEC拒絕了該請求，導致Coinbase在6月涉嫌違反Foia的行為起訴SEC。

A judge later ordered the SEC to disclose certain documents, thousands of which Coinbase posted online, one of which shows that prosecutors in New York unsuccessfully asked the SEC for its opinion on ETH.

法官後來命令SEC披露某些文件，其中成千上萬的Coinbase在線發布，其中一項表明，紐約的檢察官未能成功要求SEC對ETH發表意見。