标题：Coinbase确认SEC正在调查加密货币交易所是否误解了其用户数量

Coinbase周四确认，美国证券交易委员会一直在调查加密交易所是否误解了其用户数量。

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been investigating Coinbase to determine if the crypto exchange has misstated its user numbers, the company confirmed Thursday.

该公司周四证实，美国证券交易委员会一直在调查Coinbase，以确定加密货币交易所是否误解了其用户人数。

Coinbase stock was last lower by 6%.

共插股的股票持续下降6％。

The inquiry, which was first reported by The New York Times and sent the stock lower, focuses on the number of "verified users" reported by the company, which it has claimed is more than 100 million in various securities filings and marketing materials. The investigation began during the Biden administration, which was famously hostile toward to the crypto industry, and has continued under the Trump administration's more crypto-friendly SEC.

该询问最初是由《纽约时报》报道的，并将股票降低了，该调查重点介绍了该公司报告的“经过验证的用户”的数量，该数量已声称，各种证券申请和营销材料中的调查数量超过1亿。调查始于拜登政府，该政府对加密货币行业颇有敌意，并继续在特朗普政府对加密货币更友好的SEC领导下。

"This is a hold-over investigation from the prior administration about a metric we stopped reporting two and a half years ago, which was fully disclosed to the public," Coinbase's chief legal officer Paul Grewal said in a statement shared with CNBC. "We explained that the verified users metric includes anyone who verified their email address or phone number with us, so it may overstate the number of unique customers."

Coinbase首席法律官Paul Grewal在与CNBC分享的一份声明中说：“这是先前政府的一项关于我们停止报告两年半前报告的指标的持有调查，该指标已被完全披露给公众。” “我们解释说，经过验证的用户指标包括与我们一起验证其电子邮件地址或电话号码的任何人，因此它可能夸大了独特客户的数量。”

"While we strongly believe this investigation should not continue, we remain committed to working with the SEC to bring this matter to a close," he added.

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

Grewal also noted that the company disclosed the "more relevant metric of monthly transacting users," or the number of people who use the Coinbase platform in a given month, and continues to do so.

Grewal还指出，该公司披露了“每月交易用户的更相关的指标”，或者在给定月份使用Coinbase平台的人数并继续这样做。

Coinbase shares were already under pressure after the company said earlier Thursday that hackers stole customer information and were demanding a $20 million ransom. The incident may cost Coinbase up to $400 million to fix, the company estimated.

该公司周四早些时候表示，黑客偷走了客户信息，并要求票价为2000万美元，因此Coinbase股票已经处于压力下。该公司估计，该事件可能需要花费高达4亿美元的股份。

Coinbase operates the largest crypto exchange in the U.S. In the past week, it announced an acquisition that is expected to help it expand its global reach and gained entry to the benchmark S&P 500 stock index, which will take effect next week. On the earnings call last week, CEO Brian Armstrong discussed his ambition to make Coinbase "the No. 1 financial services app in the world" in the next five to 10 years.

Coinbase在过去一周的美国运营美国最大的加密交易所，宣布一项收购有望帮助其扩大其全球范围，并进入基准标准普尔500股票指数，该指数将于下周生效。在上周的收益电话会议上，首席执行官布莱恩·阿姆斯特朗（Brian Armstrong）讨论了他在未来五到十年中将Coinbase制作“世界第一金融服务应用程序”的雄心。