纽约州检察长要求SEC宣布以太坊（ETH）安全

纽约州检察长要求美国证券交易委员会公开宣布以太坊的以太（ETH）是安全的，而不是商品

The New York State Attorney General asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to openly declare Ethereum's ether (ETH) was a security, not a commodity, during the state's prosecution of KuCoin in 2023, according to a document revealed by Coinbase Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) in a trove of agency communications released on Wednesday.

根据Coinbase Inc.（NASDAQ：COIN）在周三发布的机构通讯公司中，纽约州检察长要求美国证券交易委员会公开宣布以太坊的以太（ETH），而不是商品，而不是商品。

Shamiso Maswoswe, chief of the Investor Protection Bureau for the New York AG, hoped the federal watchdog would intervene in the court dispute by filing a brief on its ETH view, according to a document produced through a Freedom of Information Act request Coinbase is making to the SEC.

纽约AG投资者保护局负责人Shamiso Maswoswe希望联邦监管机构通过向SEC提出的《信息自由法》请求提出的文件来介绍其ETH观点，以介绍其ETH观点，以介绍其ETH观点。

"We would like to request that the SEC file an amicus in support of the argument that Ether is a security," she wrote in the request. "Whether it is or not will not be dispositive in our case (we have authority over both securities and commodities) - but I think it would be beneficial to investor protection to get a court to hold that Ether is a security."

她在请求中写道：“我们想要求SEC归档法庭，以支持以太安全的论点。” “在我们的案件中，无论是否均不签发（我们对证券和商品都有授权） - 但我认为投资者保护以使法院认为以太币是安全是有益的。”

This and other private crypto-related messages sent and received inside the SEC were made available on Wednesday as Coinbase began granting online access to more documents it's gained in legal tussles with federal authorities. The company's earlier releases of documents included a range of letters from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that backed up industry contentions that U.S. banking regulators were actively pressuring banks to keep their distance from crypto.

周三，Coinbase开始在线访问更多文档，该文件与联邦当局获得了更多的文件，并在SEC内提供了此和其他私人与加密相关的消息。该公司早期的文件发布包括联邦存款保险公司的一系列信件。支持了美国银行监管机构正在积极向银行施加压力以保持其与加密货币的距离。

In New York's 2023 request, it didn't get what it asked for as the SEC kept the agency's ETH views largely locked down. The U.S. agency had signaled an early view that ETH was likely a commodity, then it seemed to waver after the protocol shifted to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, but the SEC ultimately fell into a stance implying ETH is a commodity, like bitcoin (BTC).

在纽约的2023年请求中，由于SEC保持了代理机构的ETH观点，因此没有得到它的要求。美国机构表明了ETH可能是一种商品的早期观点，然后在该协议转移到了商品证明的共识机制之后，它似乎在动摇，但是SEC最终陷入了立场，暗示ETH是一种商品，例如比特币（BTC）。

Such wrestling over jurisdictional definitions is at the heart of the crypto industry's longstanding dispute with U.S. regulators, which has eased now that President Donald Trump has set a more crypto-friendly tone in his administration, including with his choice of the new SEC chairman, Paul Atkins. The agency has been steadily issuing statements about aspects of the digital assets sector it considers outside its securities realm.

这种在管辖区定义上的摔跤是加密货币行业与美国监管机构的长期纠纷的核心，既然唐纳德·特朗普总统在他的政府中以更加友好的基调，包括他选择了新的SEC主席保罗·阿特金斯。该机构一直在稳步发布有关其在证券领域之外的数字资产部门方面的声明。

For New York's case, the outcome didn't matter much, because its Department of Financial Services regulates both securities and commodities under one roof, unlike the federal government's oversight regime that splits between the SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

对于纽约的情况，结果并不重要，因为其金融服务部对一个屋顶下的证券和商品进行了调节，这与联邦政府在SEC和商品期货交易委员会之间分裂的监督制度不同。

In December of 2023, New York secured a $22 million settlement with KuCoin over its failure to register as an exchange in the state, in which state Attorney General Letitia James noted she would "continue to take action against any company that brazenly disregards the undisputable law and jeopardizes New Yorkers’ savings and investments."

2023年12月，纽约因未在州的交易所注册而获得了2200万美元的和解协议，州检察长莱蒂蒂亚·詹姆斯（Letitia James）在该州指出，她将“继续对任何无可争议的法律毫无疑问地采取行动，并危及纽约人的储蓄和投资。”

Other SEC communications show a continued interest in the categorization of crypto assets and the U.S. oversight gaps in digital assets.

其他SEC通信表明，对加密资产的分类和美国在数字资产中的监督差距的分类持续感兴趣。

One email revealed the agency was thinking in 2021 about Ripple and XRP, and whether the blockchain was centralized or decentralized. The SEC had began a long-running legal battle with Ripple the year before when it accused the company of operating illegally in the U.S., but that case ended recently in Ripple's favor - with the company even getting money back from the agency that had been demanded in an earlier fine.

一封电子邮件显示该机构在2021年考虑有关Ripple和XRP，以及区块链是集中还是分散的。 SEC在一年前与Ripple进行了一场长期的法律斗争，当时它指责该公司在美国非法开展业务，但该案最近以Ripple的支持而告终 - 该公司甚至从早些时候被罚款的机构中拿回了钱。