Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal criticized a minimalistic authorized submitting from the U.S. Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC) on Jan. 30.
Grewal wrote in a submit on X:
“Beneath is the executive document of [the SEC’s] choice rejecting our petition for digital belongings guidelines. See for your self whether or not it’s even shut to finish or ample to justify their choice.”
Coinbase initially submitted a petition for rulemaking in June 2022. There, it requested that the SEC set out clearer guidelines for the crypto trade.
The SEC rejected the request on Dec. 15, 2023, disagreeing with Coinbase that the present securities rules round crypto are inadequate.
The SEC’s newest submitting, dated Jan. 24, is a document of paperwork main as much as its December choice. The linked paperwork largely embody feedback from people exterior of the SEC and notices of conferences between the SEC and Coinbase. Neither doc sort explains the SEC’s stance on the matter, and all are offered with out additional remark from the SEC within the present submitting.
Solely the SEC’s preliminary acknowledgement of the petition request and its ultimate rejection letter (each of that are listed within the newest submitting) arguably present vital details about its stance on the matter.
Coinbase continues to push for overview
Although the SEC rejected Coinbase’s rulemaking petition in December, Coinbase requested the court docket to overview the request as soon as once more following that end result.
Grewal described the timeline for upcoming authorized proceedings in his X submit as we speak. He stated that Coinbase’s transient is due on March 11, that the SEC’s transient is due on April 10, and that Coinbase’s response is due on Might 1. He added that Coinbase “respect[s] the Third Circuit’s consideration.”
Coinbase’s request is critical as a result of the SEC charged the corporate with securities violations in June 2023. Although the 2 circumstances are separate, Coinbase has referred to every in relation to the opposite. In March 2023, Coinbase anticipated the SEC’s prices and acknowledged in a public weblog submit that it tried to ask for clear guidelines via its rulemaking petition, however “obtained authorized threats as an alternative.”
It’s unclear whether or not the result of the rulemaking petition will play any position within the securities violation case. Nevertheless, clearer guidelines may scale back the chance of additional SEC enforcement towards Coinbase and different corporations sooner or later.
