Ripple CLO Stuart Alderoty 公开向 SEC 就 NFT 分类提出质疑

加密货币公司 Ripple 的首席法律官公开向美国证券交易委员会（SEC）提出挑战。

The crypto firm Ripple’s chief legal officer is taking aim at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following news that the SEC has served NFT marketplace OpenSea with a Wells Notice.

在有消息称 SEC 已向 NFT 市场 OpenSea 发出 Wells 通知后，加密货币公司 Ripple 的首席法律官将矛头指向了美国证券交易委员会 (SEC)。

Yesterday, NFT marketplace OpenSea’s CEO Devin Finzer announced that the SEC had served the company with a Wells Notice, which is a warning that the SEC is planning to pursue legal action against a company. It is not an indication of wrongdoing.

昨天，NFT 市场 OpenSea 的首席执行官 Devin Finzer 宣布，SEC 已向该公司发出 Wells 通知，警告 SEC 计划对一家公司采取法律行动。这并不表示有不当行为。

“OpenSea has received a Wells notice from the SEC threatening to sue us because they believe NFTs on our platform are securities,” said Finzer.

Finzer 表示：“OpenSea 已收到 SEC 发出的 Wells 通知，威胁要起诉我们，因为他们认为我们平台上的 NFT 是证券。”

“We’re shocked the SEC would make such a sweeping move against creators and artists. But we’re ready to stand up and fight.”

“我们对美国证券交易委员会会对创作者和艺术家采取如此全面的行动感到震惊。但我们已经准备好站起来战斗。”

Cryptocurrency firms have been in the SEC’s sights for a long time, with companies like Coinbase, Uniswap, Robinhood, Kraken and Consensys having faced the SEC’s single-track approach of ‘regulation by enforcement.’

加密货币公司长期以来一直受到 SEC 的关注，Coinbase、Uniswap、Robinhood、Kraken 和 Consensys 等公司都面临着 SEC 的“强制监管”单轨方式。

However, this move marks a foray into uncharted territory. By targeting NFTs, the SEC could stifle innovation on an even broader scale, as hundreds of thousands of online artists and creatives stand to be affected—and many do not have the resources to defend themselves.

然而，此举标志着对未知领域的进军。通过针对 NFT，SEC 可能会在更广泛的范围内扼杀创新，因为数十万在线艺术家和创意人员将受到影响，而且许多人没有资源来保护自己。

NFTs are seen by many as the next wave in artistic intellectual property ownership, and according to Ripple CLO Stuart Alderoty, the SEC ruled nearly 50 years ago that art galleries did not have to register with the SEC, even when promoting and selling to buyers who had investment motives.

NFT 被许多人视为艺术知识产权所有权的下一波浪潮，根据 Ripple CLO Stuart Alderoty 的说法，美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 在近 50 年前就裁定，艺术画廊不必在美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 注册，即使在向有投资动机。

“Fun fact: In 1976, the SEC ruled that art galleries, even when promoting and selling to buyers that had investment motives, didn’t need to register with the SEC,” said Alderoty.

“有趣的事实：1976 年，美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 裁定，即使画廊向有投资动机的买家推销和出售艺术品，也无需在美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 注册，”阿尔德罗蒂 (Alderoty) 说道。

The SEC had not responded to Alderoty’s statement at the time of writing.

截至撰写本文时，美国证券交易委员会尚未对 Alderoty 的声明做出回应。

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