共和党众议员威廉·蒂蒙斯（William Timmons）要求SEC主席保罗·阿特金斯（Paul Atkins）移交有关该机构对以太历史待遇的文件

蒂蒙斯（Timmons）在周二的一封信中向阿特金斯（Atkins）询问了SEC（ETHE）的“历史观点”（ETH）的“特定文件”（ETH）

Republican Representative William Timmons has asked US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Paul Atkins to turn over documents on the agency’s historical treatment of Ether under its Biden-era chair, Gary Gensler.

共和党代表威廉·蒂蒙斯（William Timmons）已要求美国证券交易委员会主席保罗·阿特金斯（Paul Atkins）在其拜登时代的主席加里·盖斯勒（Gary Gensler）下，将其历史待遇移交给了该机构的历史待遇。

Timmons asked Atkins in a letter on Tuesday for “specific documents” on the SEC’s “historical views on the status” of Ether (ETH), which he argued will help the public and Congress understand the former leadership’s approach.

蒂蒙斯在周二的一封信中要求阿特金斯（Atkins），介绍了SEC（ETH）（ETH）的“历史观点”的“特定文件”，他认为这将有助于公众和国会理解前任领导人的方法。

“Under prior leadership the SEC refused to articulate a consistent, coherent view on how it believed the securities laws apply to digital assets. Its zigzagging approach to ETH is a case in point,” the letter read.

信中写道：“在先前的领导下，美国证券交易委员会拒绝阐明其认为如何将证券法适用于数字资产的一致，连贯的看法。其对ETH的曲折方法就是一个例子。”

Gensler ‘cast doubt’ on ETH as chair

Gensler对ETH担任主席的ETH“持怀疑态度”

Timmons noted that in 2018 the SEC’s then-director of corporate finance, William Hinman, said the agency wouldn’t treat Bitcoin (BTC) or ETH as securities.

Timmons指出，2018年SEC当时的公司融资领导威廉·辛曼（William Hinman）表示，该机构不会将比特币（BTC）或ETH视为证券。

However, he claimed Gensler, as chair, “cast doubt on ETH’s status by repeatedly refusing to answer questions about whether the SEC views ETH as a security” during an April 2023 congressional hearing.

但是，他声称Gensler担任主席，“在2023年4月的国会听证会上，反复拒绝回答有关SEC是否将ETH视为安全的问题来对ETH的身份表示怀疑。

“As would later be revealed, days before that testimony the SEC had approved a formal investigation into whether ETH is a security,” Timmons wrote.

Timmons写道：“正如后来揭示的那样，在证词的前几天，SEC批准了对ETH是否是安全的正式调查。”

A year later the SEC approved Ether exchange-traded funds, which Timmons said “would be appropriate only if ETH is not a security,” and the SEC closed its probe into ETH “a few weeks later.”

一年后，美国证券交易委员会（SEC）批准了以太币交易所交易的资金，蒂蒙斯（Timmons）表示，“只有在ETH不是安全性的情况下，这是适当的”，而SEC将其对ETH的调查“几周后”关闭。

“These repeated swerves caused destabilizing confusion for millions of American crypto-market participants,” he added.

他补充说：“这些反复的转向使数百万美国加密市场参与者造成了稳定的困惑。”

Letter adds to Coinbase FOIA action

信件添加到Coinbase Foia动作中

Timmons’ letter follows a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request backed by crypto exchange Coinbase in 2023, which asked the SEC for documents about its views on ETH.

Timmons的信遵循由Crypto Exchange Coinbase在2023年支持的《信息自由法》（FOIA）的请求，该请求要求SEC关于其对ETH的看法。

The SEC denied the request, leading Coinbase to sue the SEC over alleged FOIA violations in June.

SEC拒绝了该请求，导致Coinbase在6月涉嫌违反Foia的行为起诉SEC。

A judge later ordered the SEC to disclose certain documents, thousands of which Coinbase posted online, one of which shows that prosecutors in New York unsuccessfully asked the SEC for its opinion on ETH.

法官后来命令SEC披露某些文件，其中成千上万的Coinbase在线发布，其中一项表明，纽约的检察官未能成功要求SEC对ETH发表意见。