Kripto skolintojas „Nexo“ ėmėsi priverstinių veiksmų iš aštuonių valstybių

State securities regulators in California and several other states took action against Nexo Group, the parent company of crypto lender Nexo, on Monday, calling the company’s Earn Interest Product an unregistered security.

“These crypto interest accounts are securities and are subject to investor protections under the law, including adequate disclosure of the risk involved,” California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) said in a pranešimą spaudai

The DFPI release mentions Nexo’s interest rates of up to 36% are “significantly higher than the rate on short-term, investment-grade, fixed-income securities or bank savings accounts,” regulators wrote in the release. 

Nexo CEO Antoni Trenchev told Atšaukti in a text message that the company has been working with federal and state securities regulators to make its Earn Interest products compliant.

“Since the SEC guidance on earn products, dubbed “The BlockFi Order” in February 2022, Nexo has voluntarily ceased the onboarding of new US clients for our Earn Interest Product as well as stopped the product for new balances for existing clients,” Trenchev said.

“Nexo is committed to finding a clear path forward for the regulated provision of products and services in the US, ideally on a federal level,” said Trenchev. (Atskleidimas: Nexo yra vienas iš 22 investuotojai in Atšaukti.)

Šios Kalifornija securities regulator was joined by Vermontas, Oklahoma, Pietų Karolina, Kentukis, and Maryland in filing cease-and-desist orders against the company. At the time of this writing, Nexo’s Licenses and Registrations says that the company is registered to operate in California, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Maryland. 

Washington State, which had not yet filed its own cease-and-desist order, published a kaltinimų pareiškimas. On Monday afternoon, New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced that the state was suing Nexo for, among other charges, “falsely representing that it complies with applicable regulations and licensing requirements.”

In June, the crypto lending segment was in upheaval. 

Celsijaus turėjo įšaldytos sąskaitos, Voyager Digital had filed a default notice on insolvent hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, and BlockFi had secured a bailout deal from CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX. At the time, Nexo was battling rumors that it didn’t have the funds to back all of its obligations to account holders. Nuo tada, Celsijaus ir „Voyager Digital“ iškėlė bankroto bylą.

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Source: https://decrypt.co/110562/nexo-enforcement-action-bitcoin-earn-securities