紐約州檢察長要求SEC宣布以太坊（ETH）安全

紐約州檢察長要求美國證券交易委員會公開宣布以太坊的以太（ETH）是安全的，而不是商品

The New York State Attorney General asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to openly declare Ethereum's ether (ETH) was a security, not a commodity, during the state's prosecution of KuCoin in 2023, according to a document revealed by Coinbase Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) in a trove of agency communications released on Wednesday.

根據Coinbase Inc.（NASDAQ：COIN）在周三發布的機構通訊公司中，紐約州檢察長要求美國證券交易委員會公開宣布以太坊的以太（ETH），而不是商品，而不是商品。

Shamiso Maswoswe, chief of the Investor Protection Bureau for the New York AG, hoped the federal watchdog would intervene in the court dispute by filing a brief on its ETH view, according to a document produced through a Freedom of Information Act request Coinbase is making to the SEC.

紐約AG投資者保護局負責人Shamiso Maswoswe希望聯邦監管機構通過向SEC提出的《信息自由法》請求提出的文件來介紹其ETH觀點，以介紹其ETH觀點，以介紹其ETH觀點。

"We would like to request that the SEC file an amicus in support of the argument that Ether is a security," she wrote in the request. "Whether it is or not will not be dispositive in our case (we have authority over both securities and commodities) - but I think it would be beneficial to investor protection to get a court to hold that Ether is a security."

她在請求中寫道：“我們想要求SEC歸檔法庭，以支持以太安全的論點。” “在我們的案件中，無論是否均不簽發（我們對證券和商品都有授權） - 但我認為投資者保護以使法院認為以太幣是安全是有益的。”

This and other private crypto-related messages sent and received inside the SEC were made available on Wednesday as Coinbase began granting online access to more documents it's gained in legal tussles with federal authorities. The company's earlier releases of documents included a range of letters from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that backed up industry contentions that U.S. banking regulators were actively pressuring banks to keep their distance from crypto.

週三，Coinbase開始在線訪問更多文檔，該文件與聯邦當局獲得了更多的文件，並在SEC內提供了此和其他私人與加密相關的消息。該公司早期的文件發布包括聯邦存款保險公司的一系列信件。支持了美國銀行監管機構正在積極向銀行施加壓力以保持其與加密貨幣的距離。

In New York's 2023 request, it didn't get what it asked for as the SEC kept the agency's ETH views largely locked down. The U.S. agency had signaled an early view that ETH was likely a commodity, then it seemed to waver after the protocol shifted to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, but the SEC ultimately fell into a stance implying ETH is a commodity, like bitcoin (BTC).

在紐約的2023年請求中，由於SEC保持了代理機構的ETH觀點，因此沒有得到它的要求。美國機構表明了ETH可能是一種商品的早期觀點，然後在該協議轉移到了商品證明的共識機制之後，它似乎在動搖，但是SEC最終陷入了立場，暗示ETH是一種商品，例如比特幣（BTC）。

Such wrestling over jurisdictional definitions is at the heart of the crypto industry's longstanding dispute with U.S. regulators, which has eased now that President Donald Trump has set a more crypto-friendly tone in his administration, including with his choice of the new SEC chairman, Paul Atkins. The agency has been steadily issuing statements about aspects of the digital assets sector it considers outside its securities realm.

這種在管轄區定義上的摔跤是加密貨幣行業與美國監管機構的長期糾紛的核心，既然唐納德·特朗普總統在他的政府中以更加友好的基調，包括他選擇了新的SEC主席保羅·阿特金斯。該機構一直在穩步發布有關其在證券領域之外的數字資產部門方面的聲明。

For New York's case, the outcome didn't matter much, because its Department of Financial Services regulates both securities and commodities under one roof, unlike the federal government's oversight regime that splits between the SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

對於紐約的情況，結果並不重要，因為其金融服務部對一個屋頂下的證券和商品進行了調節，這與聯邦政府在SEC和商品期貨交易委員會之間分裂的監督制度不同。

In December of 2023, New York secured a $22 million settlement with KuCoin over its failure to register as an exchange in the state, in which state Attorney General Letitia James noted she would "continue to take action against any company that brazenly disregards the undisputable law and jeopardizes New Yorkers’ savings and investments."

2023年12月，紐約因未在州的交易所註冊而獲得了2200萬美元的和解協議，州檢察長萊蒂蒂亞·詹姆斯（Letitia James）在該州指出，她將“繼續對任何無可爭議的法律毫無疑問地採取行動，並危及紐約人的儲蓄和投資。”

Other SEC communications show a continued interest in the categorization of crypto assets and the U.S. oversight gaps in digital assets.

其他SEC通信表明，對加密資產的分類和美國在數字資產中的監督差距的分類持續感興趣。

One email revealed the agency was thinking in 2021 about Ripple and XRP, and whether the blockchain was centralized or decentralized. The SEC had began a long-running legal battle with Ripple the year before when it accused the company of operating illegally in the U.S., but that case ended recently in Ripple's favor - with the company even getting money back from the agency that had been demanded in an earlier fine.

一封電子郵件顯示該機構在2021年考慮有關Ripple和XRP，以及區塊鍊是集中還是分散的。 SEC在一年前與Ripple進行了一場長期的法律鬥爭，當時它指責該公司在美國非法開展業務，但該案最近以Ripple的支持而告終 - 該公司甚至從早些時候被罰款的機構中拿回了錢。