OpenSea 因涉嫌销售未注册证券合约而在美国面临集体诉讼

两名 OpenSea 用户已在美国针对不可替代代币 (NFT) 市场 OpenSea 提起集体诉讼

Two United States OpenSea users have filed a class-action lawsuit against the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, alleging it sells unregistered securities contracts.

两名美国 OpenSea 用户对不可替代代币（NFT）市场提起集体诉讼，指控其出售未注册的证券合约。

Anthony Shnayderman and Itai Bronshtein claimed in a Sept. 19 suit filed in a Florida federal court that NFTs they purchased on OpenSea — including from the once high-priced Bored Ape Yacht Club collection — are worthless “due to their illegal nature.”

Anthony Shnayderman 和 Itai Bronshtein 在 9 月 19 日向佛罗里达州联邦法院提起的诉讼中声称，他们在 OpenSea 上购买的 NFT（包括曾经高价的 Bored Ape Yacht Club 系列）“由于其非法性质”毫无价值。

The pair pointed in their arguments to OpenSea’s disclosure of a Wells notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission last month, which they claimed “suggests that OpenSea is in the hot seat and may be found liable for facilitating the exchange of unregistered securities.”

两人在争论中指出，OpenSea 上个月披露了美国证券交易委员会发出的 Wells 通知，他们声称该通知“表明 OpenSea 处于困境，可能会因促进未注册证券的交易而承担责任”。

A Wells notice is a warning that the SEC has conducted an investigation and could bring an enforcement action against the notice’s receiver.

Wells 通知是一种警告，表明 SEC 已进行调查，并可能对该通知的接收者采取执法行动。

The suit also highlights successful SEC action against NFT projects Impact Theory and Stoner Cats 2, where the regulator said the NFTs were unregistered securities sales.

该诉讼还凸显了 SEC 对 NFT 项目 Impact Theory 和 Stoner Cats 2 采取的成功行动，监管机构称这些 NFT 是未经注册的证券销售。

Shnayderman and Bronshtein claimed the securities-defining Howey test shows the NFTs they bought on OpenSea were investment contracts under U.S. securities laws, alleging they were an investment in a common enterprise and reasonably expected profits from other’s efforts.

Shnayderman 和 Bronshtein 声称，证券定义的 Howey 测试显示，他们在 OpenSea 上购买的 NFT 是美国证券法规定的投资合同，声称它们是对普通企业的投资，是对其他人努力的合理预期利润。

OpenSea’s NFT listings were “deceptive and misled the Plaintiffs into purchasing worthless and unlawful unregistered securities” as OpenSea said it “moderates the NFTs on its exchange, including ‘real-world financial instruments…securities,'” the suit alleged.

诉讼称，OpenSea 的 NFT 上市“具有欺骗性，误导原告购买毫无价值且非法的未注册证券”，OpenSea 表示“其交易所的 NFT 受到监管，包括‘现实世界的金融工具……证券’”。

Highlighted excerpt of the lawsuit’s arguments claiming OpenSea was responsible for removing securities from its platform. Source: PACER

诉讼主张 OpenSea 负责从其平台上删除证券的论点摘录。资料来源：PACER

Shnayderman and Bronshtein claimed OpenSea breached a user warranty that said it “would moderate the OpenSea exchange for unregistered securities.”

Shnayderman 和 Bronshtein 声称 OpenSea 违反了用户保证，该保证称“将调节 OpenSea 交易未注册的证券”。

They also alleged it unjustly enriched itself by charging fees and accepting funds “that it knew, or should have known, were derived from the sale of unregistered securities.”

他们还声称，该公司通过收取费用和接受“它知道或应该知道来自出售未注册证券的资金”来不公正地致富。

In an emailed statement, Shnayderman and Bronshtein’s counsel, The Moskowitz Law Firm managing partner Adam Moskowitz, told Cointelegraph, “With today’s ever-changing regulation, there should be a process to sell NFTs in a well-regulated environment.”

在一份电子邮件声明中，Snayderman 和 Bronshtein 的律师、Moskowitz 律师事务所管理合伙人 Adam Moskowitz 告诉 Cointelegraph，“随着当今监管不断变化，应该有一个在监管良好的环境中销售 NFT 的流程。”

“We look forward to working with OpenSea, to structure the best avenue and future process, for both consumers and the crypto industry,” Moskowitz added.

Moskowitz 补充道：“我们期待与 OpenSea 合作，为消费者和加密货币行业构建最佳途径和未来流程。”

OpenSea did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

OpenSea 没有立即回应置评请求。