OpenSea 面临 SEC Wells 通知，威胁要起诉在其 NFT 市场上出售未注册证券的行为

OpenSea 首席执行官 Devin Finzer 在推特上表示，SEC“威胁要起诉我们，因为他们认为我们平台上的 NFT 是证券。”

Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has revealed that it is facing an enforcement action from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for allegedly selling unregistered securities on its platform.

非同质化代币（NFT）市场 OpenSea 透露，该公司因涉嫌在其平台上出售未注册证券而面临美国证券交易委员会（SEC）的执法行动。

OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer took to Twitter to announce the news on August 28. According to Finzer, the SEC is “threatening to sue us because they believe NFTs on our platform are securities.” The OpenSea CEO expressed shock at the SEC’s move, claiming that it would have a negative impact on creators and artists.

OpenSea 首席执行官 Devin Finzer 于 8 月 28 日在 Twitter 上宣布了这一消息。Finzer 表示，SEC“威胁要起诉我们，因为他们认为我们平台上的 NFT 是证券。” OpenSea 首席执行官对 SEC 的举动表示震惊，声称这将对创作者和艺术家产生负面影响。

“We’re surprised the SEC would make such a sweeping move against creators and artists. Every creator, big or small, should be able to innovate without fear,” Finzer wrote.

“我们很惊讶美国证券交易委员会会对创作者和艺术家采取如此全面的行动。每个创造者，无论大小，都应该能够无所畏惧地进行创新。”芬泽写道。

However, it’s important to note that the SEC’s investigation is not targeting NFT creators but rather the platform itself, which takes a cut from matching creators looking to sell and buyers looking to flip NFTs for profit.

然而，值得注意的是，SEC 的调查并不是针对 NFT 创作者，而是针对平台本身，该平台从匹配希望出售 NFT 的创作者和希望翻转 NFT 以获取利润的买家中抽取佣金。

The SEC has previously gone after commercial NFT issuers, reaching seven-figure settlements last year with Impact Theory and Stoner Cats after charging both with conducting illegal unregistered offerings of ‘crypto asset securities.’ That quoted phrase was recently rubbished by a U.S. federal judge in the SEC’s case against Kraken for operating as an unregistered securities broker. However, the judge said this was “a semantic error” that didn’t undercut the SEC’s case against the digital asset exchange. The judge added that while digital assets were “a relatively novel financial instrument, the principles driving the SEC’s attempt to assert regulatory authority over it are not new.”

美国证券交易委员会此前曾对商业 NFT 发行人进行过追查，去年，美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 与 Impact Theory 和 Stoner Cats 达成了七位数的和解协议，此前他们指控这两家公司进行非法未注册的“加密资产证券”发行。最近，在 SEC 指控 Kraken 从事未注册证券经纪业务的案件中，美国联邦法官驳斥了这句话。然而，法官表示，这是“语义错误”，并没有削弱 SEC 针对数字资产交易所的诉讼。法官补充说，虽然数字资产是“一种相对新颖的金融工具，但推动美国证券交易委员会试图对其进行监管的原则并不新鲜。”

Finzer went on to criticize the SEC’s approach, claiming that the regulator is trying to “stifle innovation” and regulate digital art in the same way as complex financial instruments. OpenSea CEO also announced that the platform will be pledging $5 million to cover legal fees for NFT artists and developers that receive a Wells notice.

芬泽接着批评了 SEC 的做法，声称监管机构试图“扼杀创新”，并以与复杂金融工具相同的方式监管数字艺术。 OpenSea 首席执行官还宣布，该平台将承诺提供 500 万美元，用于支付收到 Wells 通知的 NFT 艺术家和开发者的法律费用。

“The SEC is trying to regulate digital art in the same way we regulate collateralized debt obligations… Every creator, big or small, should be able to innovate without fear. We’re pledging $5M to cover legal fees for NFT artists and developers that receive a Wells notice,” Finzer added.

“美国证券交易委员会正试图以我们监管债务抵押债券的方式来监管数字艺术……每个创作者，无论大小，都应该能够毫无恐惧地进行创新。我们承诺为收到 Wells 通知的 NFT 艺术家和开发商提供 500 万美元的法律费用。”Finzer 补充道。