美国 SEC 放弃对比特币 Layer 2 堆栈和 Builder Hiro 的调查

许多人都在庆祝这些进展，因为严格的金融监管机构似乎让加密项目得以喘息，而不是阻碍创新

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has concluded its investigation into Bitcoin layer 2 Stacks and builder Hiro, according to a March 14 letter seen by Blockworks.

根据 Blockworks 看到的 3 月 14 日的一封信，美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 已结束对比特币 Layer 2 Stacks 和构建者 Hiro 的调查。

This news follows the SEC dropping its probe into Paxos for securities violations related to the issuance of the Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin earlier this week. Both developments are being met with optimism within the crypto community, as the typically heavy-handed financial regulator appears to be giving crypto projects more leeway and not stifling innovation with securities violation claims.

在此消息发布之前，美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 本周早些时候放弃了对 Paxos 与币安美元 (BUSD) 稳定币发行相关的证券违规行为的调查。这两项进展都在加密社区内得到了乐观的回应，因为通常严厉的金融监管机构似乎给了加密项目更多的回旋余地，并且没有通过证券违规指控来扼杀创新。

“We have concluded the investigation as to Stacks Blockchain,” the SEC wrote in the letter to legal counsel representing the defendants. “Based on the information we have as of this date, we do not intend to recommend an enforcement action by the Commission against Hiro Systems PBC, formerly known as Blockstack PBC.”

“我们已经结束了对 Stacks Blockchain 的调查，”美国证券交易委员会在给代表被告的法律顾问的信中写道。 “根据我们截至目前掌握的信息，我们不打算建议委员会对 Hiro Systems PBC（以前称为 Blockstack PBC）采取执法行动。”

The SEC included its standard, “This letter must in no way be construed as indicating that the party has been exonerated or that no action may ultimately result from the staff’s investigation” in its letter.

美国证券交易委员会在其信中纳入了其标准：“这封信绝不能被解释为表明该方已被证明无罪，或者工作人员的调查最终可能不会采取任何行动”。

Hiro, formerly known as Blockstack, launched the early version of the Stacks layer 2 in 2018, along with the STX token. The firm continued to operate software that helped developers launch dApps on Stacks and offered the STX token as a security under SEC guidance because it operated the Stacks chain, making the project centralized.

Hiro，以前称为 Blockstack，于 2018 年推出了 Stacks Layer 2 的早期版本以及 STX 代币。该公司继续运营帮助开发人员在 Stacks 上启动 dApp 的软件，并在 SEC 指导下提供 STX 代币作为证券，因为它运营 Stacks 链，使该项目变得中心化。

But it pivoted away from operating Stacks as the layer 2 took on its decentralized form in 2021, adopting a Proof of Transfer consensus mechanism during its mainnet launch. As such, it claimed that STX sales after that point were not securities offerings, prompting the SEC investigation into Hiro and the Stacks blockchain.

但随着 2021 年 Layer 2 采取去中心化形式，它放弃了 Stacks 的运营，在主网启动期间采用了转移证明共识机制。因此，它声称此后的 STX 销售不是证券发行，促使 SEC 对 Hiro 和 Stacks 区块链进行调查。

“Stacks did the first-ever SEC-qualified offering in 2019,” Muneeb Ali, co-founder of Stacks and board member for Hiro, wrote in a post on X, detailing how Hiro and Stacks cooperated with the SEC for over three years, providing “all requested information and worked to explain how the Stacks network works, and Hiro’s role as a developer tooling company.”

Stacks 联合创始人兼 Hiro 董事会成员 Muneeb Ali 在 X 上发表的一篇文章中写道：“Stacks 在 2019 年首次进行了符合 SEC 资格的发行，”详细介绍了 Hiro 和 Stacks 如何与 SEC 合作三年多，提供“所有要求的信息，并努力解释 Stacks 网络如何运作，以及 Hiro 作为开发者工具公司的角色。”