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美国证券交易委员会正在调查Coinbasecoin-3.06％以前声称拥有超过1亿“经过验证的用户”

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating if Coinbase(NASDAQ:COIN)

证券交易委员会正在调查Coinbase（NASDAQ：COIN）是否

has been fibbing about its user count, according to The New York Times.

据《纽约时报》报道，人们一直在谈论其用户人数。

Coinbase previously claimed to have more than 100 million “verified users” in several pieces of content, including its original public offering document in 2021. However, the company ceased to quote it two years later.

Coinbase先前声称拥有多个内容的“经过验证的用户”，其中包括2021年其原始公开发行文件。但是，该公司在两年后就停止引用。

The SEC’s probe, which began during the Biden administration and has continued under President Donald Trump, is focused on whether that metric is accurate, the Times reports.

据《泰晤士报》报道，SEC的调查是在拜登政府期间开始的，并一直在唐纳德·特朗普总统的领导下继续进行。

Shares in Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN)dropped 6% on Thursday.

Coinbase Global Inc（NASDAQ：COIN）的股票在周四下跌了6％。

The investigation comes as the SEC is juggling leadership changes and a busy agenda that includes several cases against crypto firms and the roll-out of new crypto regulations.

调查是因为SEC正在兼顾领导层的变化和繁忙的议程，其中包括针对加密货币公司的几起案件以及推出新的加密法规。

The new leadership at the SEC comes after a period of intense scrutiny of the crypto industry.

在SEC的新领导之后，在对加密货币行业进行了严格审查之后。

The investigation began during the Biden administration and has continued under President Trump, sources told the Times. Paul Grewal, Coinbase’s chief legal officer, said that the inquiry is “a holdover investigation from the prior administration about a metric we stopped reporting two and a half years ago,” in a statement.

消息人士告诉《泰晤士报》，调查始于拜登政府期间，并一直在特朗普总统领导下。 Coinbase首席法律官Paul Grewal说，调查是“先前政府对我们停止两年半前报告的指标的一项保留调查”。

“While we strongly believe this investigation should not continue, we remain committed to working with the S.E.C. to bring this matter to a close.”

“尽管我们坚信这项调查不应该继续，但我们仍然致力于与SEC合作，以结束此事。”

The report from the Times comes amid a period of significant change at the SEC.

《纽约时报》的报告在SEC发生了重大变化的时期。

Earlier this month, crypto-friendly Paul Atkins was sworn in as chair of the SEC after Gary Gensler stepped down from the role in January.

本月早些时候，加里·盖斯勒（Gary Gensler）在一月份辞职后，对加密货币友好的保罗·阿特金斯（Paul Atkins）担任SEC主席。

Shortly after Trump’s return to office, the agency published a statement titled the “SEC Crypto 2.0.” whereby it announced a new task force to draft the first-ever regulations for digital assets. The agency has also dropped dozens of lawsuits against crypto companies in recent months and issued guidance on “meme coins,” which classified the tokens as non-securities.

特朗普重返任职后不久，该机构发表了一份名为“ SEC Crypto 2.0”的声明。因此，它宣布了一个新工作组来起草有史以来第一个数字资产法规。该机构最近几个月还撤销了针对加密货币公司的数十项诉讼，并发布了“模因硬币”的指导，该指南将令牌归类为非安全性。

The inquiry also comes to light on the same day that the company announced it had been the victim of a cyberattack.

该询问还揭示了该公司宣布已成为网络攻击的受害者的同一天。

Coinbase thinks it will be on the hook for $180 million to $400 million after hackers breached a “small subset” of its customers’ accounts.

Coinbase认为，在黑客违反了其客户帐户的“小子集”之后，它将以1.8亿至4亿美元的价格陷入困境。