Prometheum 的大門敞開，備受爭議的公司測試加密代幣作為證券

這家頗具爭議的公司對數位證券的託管開放，並將 Optimism 和 The Graph 添加到其名單中，儘管大多數業內人士對大多數代幣的證券標籤持不同意見。

Prometheum, a crypto special-purpose broker dealer, has opened its doors for institutions to custody digital securities, adding Optimism and The Graph to its list.

Prometheum 是一家加密貨幣特殊用途經紀交易商，已向機構託管數位證券敞開大門，並將 Optimism 和 The Graph 添加到其名單中。

The move comes amid a broader industry dispute with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the agency's labeling of most tokens as securities.

此舉正值美國證券交易委員會（SEC）因該機構將大多數代幣標記為證券而引發更廣泛的行業爭議之際。

While Prometheum is testing its strategy to assume the SEC is right, most of the industry and prominent Republican lawmakers claim it's impossible to run such a crypto business under the existing securities laws.

雖然 Prometheum 正在測試其策略以假設 SEC 是正確的，但大多數行業和著名的共和黨立法者聲稱，根據現有的證券法不可能經營這樣的加密業務。

Prometheum is the first fully registered crypto special-purpose broker dealer under the SEC's rules and is licensed for clearing and settlement.

Prometheum 是第一家根據 SEC 規則完全註冊的加密貨幣特殊用途經紀交易商，並獲得清算和結算許可。

However, Prometheum hasn't yet disclosed any customers or revenue to prove its critics wrong.

然而，Prometheum 尚未披露任何客戶或收入來證明其批評者是錯誤的。

Kaplan said there's been "an immense amount of interest" from potential users and issuers.

卡普蘭表示，潛在用戶和發行人對此「表現出了極大的興趣」。

"We're trying to be the PayPal of the digital asset industry," said Aaron Kaplan, who shares the CEO duty with his brother.

「我們正在努力成為數位資產產業的 PayPal，」與他的兄弟共同擔任執行長的亞倫·卡普蘭 (Aaron Kaplan) 說道。

Prometheum Capital's addition of the tokens from Optimism, an Ethereum-based layer-two blockchain, and The Graph, a decentralized protocol for indexing and querying data from blockchains, was announced alongside the grand opening.

Prometheum Capital 在盛大開幕的同時宣布添加來自 Optimism（基於以太坊的第二層區塊鏈）和 The Graph（用於索引和查詢區塊鏈數據的去中心化協議）的代幣。

"This is just the beginning," Benjamin Kaplan said of the launch with five eligible tokens. "We're going to have quite a full vending machine."

「這只是一個開始，」本傑明·卡普蘭在談到推出五種符合條件的代幣時說道。 “我們將擁有一台滿載的自動販賣機。”

The company does not yet have a public timeline for launching trading and settlement services.

該公司尚未公佈推出交易和結算服務的公開時間表。

When asked whether the company has had any clear conversations with the regulator over whether its approach is viable, Kaplan declined to detail interactions except to say Prometheum communicates with the SEC in the normal course of business.

當被問及該公司是否與監管機構就其方法是否可行進行過明確對話時，Kaplan 拒絕透露具體互動細節，只是表示 Prometheum 在正常業務過程中與 SEC 進行溝通。

An SEC spokesman declined a request for comment on the agency's view of Prometheum's custody operation.

SEC 發言人拒絕就該機構對 Prometheum 託管業務的看法置評。

The business' survival represents one of a handful of crucial industry tests, which would also include the outcome of a number of federal court battles.

該企業的生存是少數關鍵的行業考驗之一，其中還包括一些聯邦法院訴訟的結果。

In Prometheum's case, if the SEC accepts its business model, that could prove it's possible to run a crypto platform under current laws, as argued by SEC Chair Gary Gensler.

正如 SEC 主席 Gary Gensler 所說，就 Prometheum 而言，如果 SEC 接受其商業模式，這可能證明在現行法律下運行加密平台是可能的。

But if the SEC puts a stop to it, it counters the years-old argument from the agency that digital assets businesses need only comply with the laws to satisfy the agency.

但如果美國證券交易委員會制止這一行為，它將反駁該機構多年來的論點，即數位資產企業只需遵守法律即可滿足該機構的要求。

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam said in congressional testimony this year that a move from the SEC that validates Prometheum's treatment of ETH as a security will throw into question the longstanding position of CFTC-regulated firms that it's a commodity.

商品期貨交易委員會主席 Rostin Behnam 在今年的國會證詞中表示，SEC 驗證 Prometheum 將 ETH 作為證券對待的舉措將使 CFTC 監管的公司長期以來將其視為商品的立場受到質疑。

"We're not here to fight the battle between regulators," Benjamin Kaplan said. "We're proceeding under the federal securities laws as we believe it's the best framework to protect customers."

「我們不是來打監管機構之間的鬥爭的，」本傑明·卡普蘭說。 “我們正在根據聯邦證券法行事，因為我們相信這是保護客戶的最佳框架。”