Consensys起诉SEC试图将以太坊归类为证券

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以太坊开发商 Consensys 已对美国证券交易委员会提起诉讼，反击该公司所谓的联邦监管机构对以太坊的“非法夺权”。

Ethereum developer Consensys has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, pushing back against the federal regulator's alleged "unlawful power grab" of Ethereum.

该公司希望联邦法院宣布以太坊 (ETH) 不是证券，任何基于 ETH 是证券这一观点对 ConsenSys 进行的调查“都将违反”该公司的第五修正案权利和《行政程序法》，即 MetaMask 不是证券。根据联邦法律，MetaMask 的质押服务不违反证券法以及针对 SEC 调查或对 MetaMask 掉期或质押功能相关的执法行动的禁令。

The company wants a federal court to declare that Ethereum (ETH) is not a security and that any investigation into ConsenSys based on the notion that ETH is a security "would violate" the company's Fifth Amendment rights and the Administrative Procedure Act, that is, MetaMask is not a security. According to federal law, MetaMask's staking service does not violate securities laws and an injunction against SEC investigations or enforcement actions related to MetaMask's swaps or staking functions.

在周四针对 SEC 及其所有五名委员提起的诉讼中，Consensys 透露，它于 4 月 10 日收到了 SEC 的 Wells 通知，表明其打算对该公司通过其 MetaMask 钱包产品违反证券法采取执法行动。 Consensys 否认自己充当经纪人，并表示该钱包“简单且界面”，“既不持有客户的数字资产，也不执行任何交易功能”。

In a lawsuit filed Thursday against the SEC and all five of its commissioners, Consensys revealed that it had received a Wells notice from the SEC on April 10, indicating the agency's intent to take enforcement action against the company for violating securities laws through its MetaMask wallet product. Consensys denies acting as a broker and says the wallet is "simple and interface" and "neither holds customers' digital assets nor carries out any trading functions."

投诉还补充说，SEC 对以太坊的侵犯权力违背了其过去的声明，即加密货币是一种商品，而不是证券（引用了前董事 Bill Hinman 2018 年的演讲），也违背了 SEC 的姊妹监管机构商品期货交易委员会 （CFTC）拥有以太坊的权威。

The complaint also adds that the SEC's power grab over Ethereum contradicts its previous statements that cryptocurrencies are commodities, not securities (citing a 2018 speech by former director Bill Hinman) and also overrides the authority of the SEC's sister regulatory body, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), over Ethereum.

Consensys 在诉讼中声称，它“是在这种监管共识的背景下建立自己的业务的”，而 SEC 对以太坊的新权力攫取（它称之为“大转变”）“违反公平的宪法要求”。 

In its lawsuit, Consensys claims that it "built its business in the backdrop of this regulatory consensus" and that the SEC's new power grab over Ethereum (which it refers to as "the Big Pivot") "violates fair constitutional requirements."

诉讼称：“美国证券交易委员会非法夺取 ETH 的权力，将为以太坊网络和 Consensys 带来灾难。”

The lawsuit states: "The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's unlawful seizure of ETH's power will bring disaster to the Ethereum network and Consensys."

美国证券交易委员会的一名代表拒绝就该诉讼发表评论。

A representative of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission declined to comment on the lawsuit.

该诉讼还依赖于“重大问题原则”，即最高法院的一项裁决，禁止联邦监管机构大幅超出国会授权的范围。 在 Terraform Labs 和 Coinbase 提出的争论中，两位法官已经驳回了加密货币属于该问题的观点。

The lawsuit also relies on the "major questions doctrine," a Supreme Court ruling that bars federal regulators from significantly exceeding the scope authorized by Congress. Two judges have already rejected the argument that cryptocurrencies fall within this issue in disputes brought by Terraform Labs and Coinbase.

ConsenSys 向德克萨斯州北区地方法院提起诉讼，加入区块链协会等团体和 Legit Exchange 等公司的行列，后者提起了类似的先发制人诉讼，试图阻止 SEC 将某些加密公司或资产视为证券。

Consensys has filed the lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas, joining groups such as the Blockchain Association and companies like Legit Exchange, the latter of which has filed a similar preemptive lawsuit attempting to prevent the SEC from classifying certain crypto companies or assets as securities.

近几个月来，美国证券交易委员会还对 Binance.US、Binance 和 Kraken 等加密货币交易所提起诉讼。 Uniswap Labs 本月早些时候透露，它还收到了监管机构的 Wells 通知。

In recent months, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has also filed lawsuits against cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance.US, Binance, and Kraken. Uniswap Labs revealed earlier this month that it has also received a Wells notice from regulators.