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▌Coinbase CEO：Coinbase的质押服务不是证券，必要情况下愿意在法庭为其辩护
Coinbase首席执行官Brian Armstrong推特发文称，“Coinbase的质押服务不是证券。如有需要，我们很乐意在法庭上为其辩护”。此前，Armstrong也发文称“坚持为经济自由而战，保护客户免受政府过度干预”。他表示，质押是加密货币领域一个非常重要的创新，质押不属于证券。新技术应被鼓励在美国发展，而不是因缺乏明确的规则而被扼杀。此前报道，美国证券交易委员会(SEC)周四宣布，加密交易所Kraken将“立即”终止向美国客户提供加密质押服务，并将向SEC支付3000万美元罚款，以解决其提供未注册证券的指控。
加密货币
▌前SEC官员：对加密公司的监管审查是PayPal停止其稳定币的原因
由于合作伙伴Paxos正在接受纽约金融服务部的调查，PayPal已停止在其稳定币上的工作。 预计支付提供商将在不久的将来发布稳定币，但现在已取消其计划。 美国证券交易委员会前官员 John Reed Stark表示，对加密公司的监管审查是PayPal做出这一决定的原因。 任何与公共区块链互动的美国金融公司都被认为风险太大。 这位前SEC官员最近还发布推文称，比特币可能是一种未注册的证券，并引用了一条关于比特币挖矿中心化的Twitter帖子。
▌专家：FTX收回政治捐款的尝试可能针对最大的接受者
此前FTX和附属债务人向政治家、政治行动委员会和其他接受捐款的人发送了机密信件，要求退还此前所提供的资金。范德比尔特大学法学教授兼社区主任Yesha Yadav对此表示， 鉴于政治捐款的庞大规模以及这些可能通过 FTX 客户资金（通过阿拉米达）提供资金的指控，目前的FTX管理层有充分的理由寻求返还这些资金，以此作为弥补债权人短缺的一种方式。 但AnChain.AI的加密货币合规官Michael Fasanello表示，要求退还捐款是“在这种情况下试图尽可能多地获得被滥用的客户存款的适当举措。
▌美国众议院共和党人要求美国SEC就FTX联合创始人被捕一事作出答复
美国众议院议员、北卡罗来纳州共和党人帕特里克·麦克亨利和密歇根州共和党人Bill Huizenga致信美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 主席Gary Gensler，就FTX联合创始人山姆-班克曼-弗里德在众议院金融服务委员会作证前被捕一事寻求答案。McHenry和Huizenga声称，Bankman-Fried被指控和逮捕的时间引起了 "关于美国证券交易委员会的程序和与司法部合作的严重问题"。
▌《富爸爸穷爸爸》作者：一切都会崩溃，计划购买更多比特币
畅销书《富爸爸穷爸爸》的著名作者罗伯特清崎重申了他对市场崩盘的警告。罗伯特清崎表示，2022年科技行业有超过 144,000 人失业，今年迄今已有 66,000 人失业，一切都会崩溃，包括黄金、白银和比特币。尽管如此，他告诉他的 230 万推特粉丝不要恐慌，并补充说他将使用“假”美元购买更多的黄金、白银和比特币，他称之为真钱。清崎解释说，黄金、白银和BTC是真钱，而美元是假钱，因为它不是与真钱挂钩，例如黄金，而是与美国的‘充分信任和信用’挂钩。 这位著名作家曾多次表示，他不信任拜登政府、财政部、美联储或华尔街。
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