CFTC оштрафовала Uniswap на $175 000 за нарушение Закона о товарных биржах

investing.ruPublished on 2024-09-05Last updated on 2024-09-05

GetBlock Magazine - Что произошло? Комиссия США по торговле товарными фьючерсами (CFTC) обвинила ведущую децентрализованную криптобиржу (DEX) Uniswap в незаконном предложении розничных товарных операций с цифровыми активами с использованием заемных средств. Компанию-разработчика Uniswap Labs обязали выплатить $175 000 штрафа и прекратить деятельность, нарушающую Закон о товарных биржах (CEA).

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Что еще известно? В обвинении утверждается, что основанная в Делавэре и базирующаяся в Нью-Йорке Uniswap Labs разработала и развернула протокол, предлагающий торговлю цифровыми активами на блокчейне Ethereum пользователям и компаниям в США и за рубежом, не входящим категорию Eligible Contract Participant (ECP), а также создала веб-интерфейс для облегчения доступа к протоколу.

Статус ECP, или правомочного участника контракта, присваивается инвесторам при условии соблюдения строгих критериев, установленных Законом о товарных биржах. Он позволяет инвестировать на рынках, недоступных обычному инвестору. Зачастую такой статус имеют корпорации, трасты и брокерские фирмы с многомиллионными активами под управлением.

В апреле Комиссия США по ценным бумагам и биржам (SEC) обнаружила в работе Uniswap нарушения законодательства и сообщила о готовности обратиться в суд.

В августе прошлого года суд Нью-Йорка отклонил коллективный иск к Uniswap, поданный по причине того, что инвесторы потеряли средства на вложениях в скам-токены, запущенные на бирже третьими лицами.

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