An intermediary for the biggest U.S. crypto exchange, Coinbase Inc. (COIN), is cranking up its legal fight over the Securities and Exchange Commission's unwillingness to produce documents revealing the regulator's internal thinking on whether to pursue Ethereum's ether {{ETH}} and other tokens as illegal securities.

<div><div><div><ul><li><div>A research firm Coinbase hired intends to ask a judge for a quick call on whether it should get key SEC documents that might reveal how the agency came to view crypto tokens as securities.</div></li><li><div>The federal court could decide whether the company (and the public) get to see what the SEC officials said in private discussions as they tried to figure out whether digital assets like ETH should be counted as securities.</div></li></ul></div></div><div><div><p>An intermediary for the biggest U.S. crypto exchange, Coinbase Inc. (COIN), is <a href="https://assets.ctfassets.net/sygt3q11s4a9/6ege1NgjUEFUVKHLbiOJoc/1c2cae114ae49f156b21b1f4262b6111/HAI_v._SEC_-_Pre-Motion_Notice__as-filed_.pdf" rel="nofollow"><u>cranking up its legal fight</u></a> over the Securities and Exchange Commission's unwillingness to produce documents revealing the regulator's internal thinking on whether to pursue Ethereum's ether <a href="https://coindesk.com/price/ethereum/" title="Ethereum Price | ETH Price Index and Live Chart - CoinDesk" rel="nofollow">(ETH)</a> and other tokens as illegal securities.</p></div></div><div><div><p>Coinbase hired History Associates Inc. to pursue SEC communications under the Freedom of Information Act – a process that initially concluded with the agency denying the request by citing that the documents were connected to an ongoing investigation. Coinbase's hired gun eventually sued over the denial, and History Associates is preparing to ask the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to force the hand of the agency, which has since suggested the reason for its initial denial may no longer be valid.</p></div></div></div><div><div><div></div></div></div><div><div><div><p>"Lacking reasonable alternatives, History Associates intends to move for partial summary</p></div></div><div><div><p>judgment on the SEC-generated documents," the company said in a notice filed on Monday with the court, detailing that plan to ask for a court ruling.</p></div></div><div><div><p>A spokesperson for the SEC told CoinDesk the agency declines to comment "beyond our public filings."</p></div></div><div><div><p>"Over a year ago we made FOIA requests aimed at files on ETH 2.0 and other mysteries," Coinbase Chief Legal Officer <a href="https://x.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1846196900112089484" rel="nofollow"><u>Paul Grewal said in a posting on X</u></a>, arguing that the internal agency communications "belong to all of us," not the SEC.  "We then sued to end their stall, only to get an entirely new set of excuses."</p></div></div></div><div><div><div></div></div></div><div><div><div><p><i><b>Read More: </b></i><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/06/27/coinbase-accuses-us-sec-fdic-of-improperly-blocking-document-requests/" rel="nofollow"><i><u><b>Coinbase Accuses U.S. SEC, FDIC of Improperly Blocking Document Requests</b></u></i></a></p></div></div><div><div><p>Coinbase has been conducting a multi-front legal fight with the SEC, including battling over an SEC enforcement action that accused the company of running an illegal securities business, a petition by the company to force the agency to make crypto-specific regulations and this conflict over whether insider messages on the SEC's crypto thinking should be subject to public review. These disputes could – in the absence of swift congressional action – eventually form some legal foundation for how the digital assets industry may proceed in the U.S.</p></div></div><div><p>Edited by Nikhilesh De.</p></div></div>

Coinbase Escalates SEC Fight Over the Agency's Inside Chatter on ETH

美国最大的加密货币交易所 Coinbase Inc. (COIN) 的中介机构正在加紧法律斗争，以抗议美国证券交易委员会不愿提供文件，披露该监管机构关于是否将以太坊的以太币 {{ETH}} 和其他代币视为非法证券的内部想法。

<div><div><div><ul><li><div>一家名为Coinbase的研究公司打算要求法官快速裁决,是否应该获得可能揭示美国证券交易委员会(SEC)如何将加密代币视为证券的关键文件。</div></li><li><div>联邦法院可能会决定该公司(以及公众)是否可以看到SEC官员在私下讨论时所说的话,他们当时试图确定像ETH这样的数字资产是否应该被视为证券。</div></li></ul></div></div><div><div><p>美国最大加密货币交易所Coinbase Inc.(COIN)的中介正在<a href="https://assets.ctfassets.net/sygt3q11s4a9/6ege1NgjUEFUVKHLbiOJoc/1c2cae114ae49f156b21b1f4262b6111/HAI_v._SEC_-_Pre-Motion_Notice__as-filed_.pdf" rel="nofollow"><u>加大其法律斗争</u></a>,因为证券交易委员会不愿意提供文件,这些文件可能揭示监管机构内部是否应该将以太坊的ETH<a href="https://coindesk.com/price/ethereum/" title="Ethereum Price | ETH Price Index and Live Chart - CoinDesk" rel="nofollow">(ETH)</a>和其他代币视为非法证券的思考过程。</p></div></div><div><div><p>Coinbase聘请了History Associates Inc.根据《信息自由法》追究SEC的通信记录——这一过程最初以该机构以正在进行调查为由拒绝了该请求而告终。Coinbase聘请的律师最终就此拒绝提起诉讼,History Associates正准备要求哥伦比亚特区美国地区法院强迫该机构交出文件,该机构此前表示,拒绝的原因可能不再有效。</p></div></div></div><div><div><div></div></div></div><div><div><div><p>"缺乏合理的替代方案,History Associates打算就SEC生成的文件提出部分概括性判决,"该公司在周一提交法院的一份通知中表示,详细说明了要求法院裁决的计划。</p></div></div><div><div><p>SEC发言人告诉CoinDesk,该机构拒绝发表"超出我们公开文件"的评论。</p></div></div><div><div><p>Coinbase首席法务官<a href="https://x.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1846196900112089484" rel="nofollow"><u>保罗·格雷瓦尔(Paul Grewal)在X上发帖称</u></a>,他们"一年多前就提出了针对ETH 2.0和其他谜团的FOIA请求",并认为内部机构通信"属于我们所有人",而不是SEC。"我们随后起诉要求他们停止拖延,结果却得到了一整套全新的借口。"</p></div></div></div><div><div><div></div></div></div><div><div><div><p><i><b>更多信息: </b></i><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/06/27/coinbase-accuses-us-sec-fdic-of-improperly-blocking-document-requests/" rel="nofollow"><i><u><b>Coinbase指责美国SEC和FDIC不当阻挠文件请求</b></u></i></a></p></div></div><div><div><p>Coinbase一直在与SEC进行多方位的法律斗争,包括就SEC指控该公司经营非法证券业务的执法行动进行抗争,以及该公司要求该机构制定加密货币特定法规的请愿,以及这场关于SEC内部有关加密货币思考的内部信息是否应该接受公众审查的争议。如果没有国会迅速采取行动,这些争议最终可能会为数字资产行业在美国的发展奠定一些法律基础。</p></div></div><div><p>编辑:Nikhilesh De。</p></div></div>

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