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Brian Quarmby6 hours agoAllowing Coinbase to go public was not a ‘blessing’ from regulators — SECThe SEC argued that just because it approves an S-1 filing from a company does not mean the firm is not operating or will not operate in “violation of the law.”2509 Total views23 Total sharesListen to article 0:00NewsJoin us on social networksThe United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has argued in court that approving a firm’s S-1 application to go public does not represent a “blessing” from the agency, nor does it provide a verification that the business is regulatory compliant.In the interest of transparency, here is the transcript from our hearing yesterday in the SDNY case brought against us by the SEC. We appreciate the Court’s careful consideration. https://t.co/NEEsr05fos— paulgrewal.eth (@iampaulgrewal) July 14, 2023


As per July 13 court documents from the pre-motion hearing of the SEC vs. Coinbase case, the SEC asserted that it was not signing off on Coinbase’s business structure when giving it the greenlight to go public back in April 2021.


“Your Honor, I’ll say that simply because the SEC allows a company to go public does not mean that the SEC is blessing the underlying business or the underlying business structure or saying that the underlying business structure is not in violation of the law,” SEC trial counsel Peter Mancuso said, adding that:“There is no way that an approval of an S-1 is a blessing of a company’s entire business. In fact, there is no evidence being put forth that the SEC looked at specific assets and made specific determinations and then gave Coinbase comfort that this would not later be found to be a security.”


On Crypto Twitter, several people, including Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss highlighted the implications of such statements, as it questions why the SEC would allow a supposedly noncompliant business to go public in the first place, given that its goal is to protect U.S. consumers.so they allow ipo for illegal business and let americans invest in it? lmao sec is cooked— Metatron (@metatron_0x) July 14, 2023


U.S.-based firms are required to submit an S-1 filing with the SEC before they can start listing shares on a national stock exchange. As part of the filing, companies must provide a comprehensive rundown of their business structure and how proceeds from an initial public offering will be used.


Following Mancuso’s comments, U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failia said: “Let’s just pause so I can just sort of get rid of the skepticism I currently have as I hear that answer,” as she raised some questions.


“I am not saying that the commission should be omniscient at the time it’s evaluating a registration statement and that it should know all things,” she said, adding:“But I would have thought the commission was doing diligence into what Coinbase was doing, and somehow I thought that it would say, you know, you really shouldn"t do this. This is violative of the securities laws, or we are kind of in some interesting unchartered territory here with respect to whether the assets on your platform are securities, so be forewarned that maybe someday there could be a problem.”


In response, Mancuso ultimately reiterated the SEC’s argument that the S-1 filings are more focused on approving company disclosures rather than the agency itself signing off on a business structure via approval.


Failia then posited to Mancuso if the SEC could not have said to Coinbase: “Hey, you guys need to register as a securities exchange.“


“That was within the power of the SEC to do, was it not?” she questioned.


“I can’t really speak to that,” Mancuso replied.


Related:It’s time for the SEC to settle with Coinbase and Ripple


The SEC initially charged Coinbase for alleged unregistered securities offerings dating back to 2019.


Coinbase is pushing for an early dismissal of the case on several grounds, with one of its arguments being that the SEC is charging the firm despite its business structure and planned activities being “exhaustively described” to the agency before the Coinbase public offering.The SEC is getting torn to pieces in court and it's not going to stop any time soon. https://t.co/jr1jinoc5D— Jake Chervinsky (@jchervinsky) July 15, 2023


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