Billionaire Mark Cuban: SEC Treating Crypto Differently from Other Industries
Mark Cuban, a famous billionaire investor, has expressed his opinion that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is using a different method to regulate cryptocurrencies in comparison to other sectors.
Cuban, who is famous for owning the Dallas Mavericks, pointed out how the SEC treats the stock loan industry differently compared to the crypto industry.
He said that SEC doesn’t consider “stock loans” as securities and doesn’t take legal action against brokers’ and banks’ stock loan divisions. However, SEC takes a different approach with crypto assets. Cuban proposes that the SEC should engage with the public through comments to evaluate which aspects of crypto are securities and establish regulatory measures to protect the industry and investors. From a Cuban’s point of view, the SEC’s approach highlights their different intentions when it comes to dealing with various industries.
Cuban argues that it’s difficult to determine which crypto assets should be considered securities due to the challenges presented by the SEC’s publicly accessible materials.
This is an SEC WEB PAGE about the howey test and tokens that often conflicts with what @SEC_Enforcement has said publicly. It's worth a read to get more clarity on what may or may not be a security https://t.co/m5E9V0Pd18
Unfortunately none of the elements presented in this… https://t.co/iZ9Gn5SADK pic.twitter.com/kGHgsZkOaH
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) June 11, 2023
The SEC’s lawsuit against Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao has sparked further discussion on the matter. Gary Gensler, who leads the federal agency, stated that the lawsuit was filed in reaction to a wide range of wrongdoing, such as dishonesty, situations where personal interests conflicted with professional responsibilities, failure to provide necessary information, and deliberate avoidance of legal obligations.
In addition, Binance, which is the top cryptocurrency exchange worldwide, is being accused by the SEC of carrying out sales and offerings of “crypto asset securities” without proper registration. The list of tokens considered by the agency includes Binance’s token, BNB, along with other well-known cryptocurrencies such as Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL), and Polygon (MATIC), which is a blockchain scaling solution.
The SEC has sued Coinbase, a significant cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, for allegedly functioning as an unregistered securities broker, exchange, and clearing agency.
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