更新（3月11日下午9:59 UTC）：本文已更新，包括SEC的響應。

代幣指標的首席執行官，擁有100,000多名訂戶的YouTuber的首席執行官Ian Balina表示，美國證券交易委員會將停止在法庭上追捕他

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to recommend a court drop its case against crypto influencer Ian Balina, the CEO of Token Metrics and a YouTuber with more than 100,000 subscribers.

美國證券交易委員會（SEC）計劃建議法院針對加密貨幣影響者伊恩·巴林納（Ian Balina），代幣指標的首席執行官和擁有100,000多名訂戶的YouTuber。

According to Balina, the commission will recommend dismissing a case filed in 2022 alleging “unregistered offering and promotion in 2018 of crypto asset securities called SPRK Tokens.” A judge ruled in May 2024 that “SPRK tokens qualify as securities” under the SEC’s purview.

據巴麗娜（Balina）稱，該委員會將建議駁回2022年提起的案件，指控“ 2018年未註冊的發行和促銷，稱為Sprk Sprk Scrkens”。法官在2024年5月裁定，在SEC的權限下，“ Sprk Sprk Sprk Sprk Sprk屬於證券”。

Speaking to Cointelegraph on March 11, Balina said the regulator notified him of its decision to drop the case. The crypto influencer believes the move is linked to a change in the administration’s priorities with the departure of SEC Chair Gary Gensler in January. Trump appointed acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda.

巴麗娜（Balina）在3月11日對Cointelegraph進行了講話時說，監管機構通知他決定放棄此案。加密影響者認為，此舉與SEC主席Gary Gensler在一月份的離開時與政府的優先事項的變化有關。特朗普任命代理SEC主席馬克·烏耶達（Mark Uyeda）。

“Obviously, the new administration is pro-crypto,” said Balina, claiming that the “time has ended” for crypto regulation through enforcement.

巴麗娜說：“顯然，新政府是親克萊托普托。”

The SEC complaint, filed in September 2022, alleged that Balina agreed to receive a 30% bonus from Sparkster on the $5 million worth of tokens he purchased in the initial coin offering (ICO) — but did not disclose this information to his social media followers.

SEC投訴於2022年9月提出，聲稱Balina同意從Sparkster獲得30％的獎金，他在最初的硬幣產品（ICO）中購買的價值500萬美元的代幣（ICO），但沒有向他的社交媒體追隨者透露此信息。

At the time of the 2024 decision, Balina’s legal team said it planned to appeal. The judge initially set a January 2025 jury trial date but approved a July 2024 motion for a continuance and agreed to schedule the proceedings at a later date. As of publication, no filing appeared on the docket in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas requesting to dismiss the case.

在2024年決定時，巴麗娜的法律團隊表示計劃上訴。法官最初設定了2025年1月的陪審團審判日期，但批准了2024年7月的延續動議，並同意在以後的日期安排訴訟。截至出版時，在美國地方法院的德克薩斯州西部地區要求駁回此案的案卷上沒有提交文件。

In response to an inquiry from Cointelegraph, the SEC declined to comment.

為了回應Cointelegraph的調查，SEC拒絕置評。

“It definitely was not cheap, cost a lot of money in terms of legal fees, which definitely sucks,” said Balina. “Makes me wish the SEC hadn't put priority on all this.”

巴里納說：“這絕對不是便宜的，在法律費用方面花費了很多錢，這肯定很糟糕。” “讓我希望SEC對所有這一切都沒有優先考慮。”

SEC about-face on crypto enforcement after Gensler’s departure

Gensler離開後，SEC大約在加密執法方面

If confirmed by the SEC, petitioning to drop Balina’s case would be the commission’s latest action favoring crypto companies facing similar lawsuits. Since Trump took office on Jan. 20, the regulator announced it would stop pursuing investigations into:

如果由美國證券交易委員會（SEC）確認，請願撤銷巴麗娜（Balina）的案件是該委員會的最新行動，該委員會有利於面臨類似訴訟的加密貨幣公司。自從特朗普於1月20日上任以來，監管機構宣布將停止進行調查：

* ​​​​​​​crypto exchange platform Uniswap

*加密交換平台UNISWAP

* Web3 startup Consensys

* Web3啟動共識

* NFT marketplace OpenSea

* NFT市場Opensea

* crypto startup Gemini

*加密初創企業雙子座

* brokerage firm Robinhood

*經紀公司Robinhood

The commission also dropped cases against Coinbase, Kraken and others.

委員會還撤銷了針對Coinbase，Kraken和其他人的案件。

The regulator still has an open case against Ripple Labs, now facing an appeal and cross-appeal following a $125 judgment in August 2024.

監管機構仍針對Ripple Labs有一個公開案件，在2024年8月作出125美元的判決後，現在面臨上訴和交叉上訴。

Many critics have suggested that the crypto industry purchased influence with the Trump administration by supporting the Republican candidate in the last election or contributing to his inauguration fund after his November victory.

許多批評家認為，加密工業在上次選舉中支持共和黨候選人，或在11月勝利後為他的就職基金貢獻了共和黨候選人，從而在特朗普政府獲得了影響。

The US president hosted a crypto summit at the White House on March 7, attended by many industry leaders who directly or indirectly supported “pro-crypto” candidates in the last election cycle, including representatives of:

美國總統於3月7日在白宮舉行了加密峰會，許多行業領導人參加了他們在上一個選舉週期中直接或間接支持“親克萊托普”候選人的許多行業領導人的參加。

* brokerage firm Robinhood

*經紀公司Robinhood

* crypto exchange Gemini

*加密交易所雙子座

* crypto exchange Coinbase

*加密交易所共同基礎

* crypto exchange Kraken

*加密交易所Kraken