標題：Coinbase確認SEC正在調查加密貨幣交易所是否誤解了其用戶數量

Coinbase週四確認，美國證券交易委員會一直在調查加密交易所是否誤解了其用戶數量。

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been investigating Coinbase to determine if the crypto exchange has misstated its user numbers, the company confirmed Thursday.

該公司週四證實，美國證券交易委員會一直在調查Coinbase，以確定加密貨幣交易所是否誤解了其用戶人數。

Coinbase stock was last lower by 6%.

共插股的股票持續下降6％。

The inquiry, which was first reported by The New York Times and sent the stock lower, focuses on the number of "verified users" reported by the company, which it has claimed is more than 100 million in various securities filings and marketing materials. The investigation began during the Biden administration, which was famously hostile toward to the crypto industry, and has continued under the Trump administration's more crypto-friendly SEC.

該詢問最初是由《紐約時報》報導的，並將股票降低了，該調查重點介紹了該公司報告的“經過驗證的用戶”的數量，該數量已聲稱，各種證券申請和營銷材料中的調查數量超過1億。調查始於拜登政府，該政府對加密貨幣行業頗有敵意，並繼續在特朗普政府對加密貨幣更友好的SEC領導下。

"This is a hold-over investigation from the prior administration about a metric we stopped reporting two and a half years ago, which was fully disclosed to the public," Coinbase's chief legal officer Paul Grewal said in a statement shared with CNBC. "We explained that the verified users metric includes anyone who verified their email address or phone number with us, so it may overstate the number of unique customers."

Coinbase首席法律官Paul Grewal在與CNBC分享的一份聲明中說：“這是先前政府的一項關於我們停止報告兩年半前報告的指標的持有調查，該指標已被完全披露給公眾。” “我們解釋說，經過驗證的用戶指標包括與我們一起驗證其電子郵件地址或電話號碼的任何人，因此它可能誇大了獨特客戶的數量。”

"While we strongly believe this investigation should not continue, we remain committed to working with the SEC to bring this matter to a close," he added.

他補充說：“儘管我們堅信這項調查不應繼續，但我們仍然致力於與SEC合作，以結束此事。”

Grewal also noted that the company disclosed the "more relevant metric of monthly transacting users," or the number of people who use the Coinbase platform in a given month, and continues to do so.

Grewal還指出，該公司披露了“每月交易用戶的更相關的指標”，或者在給定月份使用Coinbase平台的人數並繼續這樣做。

Coinbase shares were already under pressure after the company said earlier Thursday that hackers stole customer information and were demanding a $20 million ransom. The incident may cost Coinbase up to $400 million to fix, the company estimated.

該公司週四早些時候表示，黑客偷走了客戶信息，並要求贖金為2000萬美元。該公司估計，該事件可能需要花費高達4億美元的股份。

Coinbase operates the largest crypto exchange in the U.S. In the past week, it announced an acquisition that is expected to help it expand its global reach and gained entry to the benchmark S&P 500 stock index, which will take effect next week. On the earnings call last week, CEO Brian Armstrong discussed his ambition to make Coinbase "the No. 1 financial services app in the world" in the next five to 10 years.

Coinbase在過去一周的美國運營美國最大的加密交易所，宣布一項收購有望幫助其擴大其全球範圍，並進入基準標準普爾500股票指數，該指數將於下週生效。在上週的收益電話會議上，首席執行官布萊恩·阿姆斯特朗（Brian Armstrong）討論了他在未來五到十年中將Coinbase製作“世界第一金融服務應用程序”的雄心。