Ripple CLO Stuart Alderoty 公開向 SEC 就 NFT 分類提出質疑

加密貨幣公司 Ripple 的首席法律長公開向美國證券交易委員會（SEC）提出挑戰。

The crypto firm Ripple’s chief legal officer is taking aim at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following news that the SEC has served NFT marketplace OpenSea with a Wells Notice.

在有消息稱 SEC 已向 NFT 市場 OpenSea 發出 Wells 通知後，加密貨幣公司 Ripple 的首席法律官將矛頭指向了美國證券交易委員會 (SEC)。

Yesterday, NFT marketplace OpenSea’s CEO Devin Finzer announced that the SEC had served the company with a Wells Notice, which is a warning that the SEC is planning to pursue legal action against a company. It is not an indication of wrongdoing.

昨天，NFT 市場 OpenSea 的執行長 Devin Finzer 宣布，SEC 已向該公司發出 Wells 通知，並警告 SEC 計劃對一家公司採取法律行動。這並不表示有不當行為。

“OpenSea has received a Wells notice from the SEC threatening to sue us because they believe NFTs on our platform are securities,” said Finzer.

Finzer 表示：“OpenSea 已收到 SEC 發出的 Wells 通知，威脅要起訴我們，因為他們認為我們平台上的 NFT 是證券。”

“We’re shocked the SEC would make such a sweeping move against creators and artists. But we’re ready to stand up and fight.”

「我們對 SEC 會對創作者和藝術家採取如此全面的行動感到震驚。但我們已經準備好站起來戰鬥。

Cryptocurrency firms have been in the SEC’s sights for a long time, with companies like Coinbase, Uniswap, Robinhood, Kraken and Consensys having faced the SEC’s single-track approach of ‘regulation by enforcement.’

加密貨幣公司長期以來一直受到 SEC 的關注，Coinbase、Uniswap、Robinhood、Kraken 和 Consensys 等公司都面臨著 SEC 的「強制監管」單軌方式。

However, this move marks a foray into uncharted territory. By targeting NFTs, the SEC could stifle innovation on an even broader scale, as hundreds of thousands of online artists and creatives stand to be affected—and many do not have the resources to defend themselves.

然而，此舉標誌著對未知領域的進軍。透過針對 NFT，SEC 可能會在更廣泛的範圍內扼殺創新，因為數十萬線上藝術家和創意人員將受到影響，而且許多人沒有資源來保護自己。

NFTs are seen by many as the next wave in artistic intellectual property ownership, and according to Ripple CLO Stuart Alderoty, the SEC ruled nearly 50 years ago that art galleries did not have to register with the SEC, even when promoting and selling to buyers who had investment motives.

NFT 被許多人視為藝術智慧財產權所有權的下一波浪潮，根據Ripple CLO Stuart Alderoty 的說法，美國證券交易委員會(SEC) 在近50 年前就裁定，藝廊不必在美國證券交易委員會(SEC)註冊，即使在向有投資動機。

“Fun fact: In 1976, the SEC ruled that art galleries, even when promoting and selling to buyers that had investment motives, didn’t need to register with the SEC,” said Alderoty.

「有趣的事實：1976 年，美國證券交易委員會(SEC) 裁定，即使畫廊向有投資動機的買家推銷和出售藝術品，也無需在美國證券交易委員會(SEC) 註冊，」阿爾德羅蒂( Alderoty) 說。

The SEC had not responded to Alderoty’s statement at the time of writing.

截至撰寫本文時，美國證券交易委員會尚未對 Alderoty 的聲明做出回應。

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