4 Republican members of the U.S. Home Committee on Monetary Companies are expressing concern over the U.S. Securities and Change Fee (SEC) and the Monetary Business Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) stance on Prometheum Capital’s launch of Ethereum (ETH) custody companies.
In a letter addressed to SEC Chair Gary Gensler and FINRA President and CEO Robert Cooke, U.S. Representatives John Rose, French Hill, Dusty Johnson and William R. Timmons IV say that the SEC has already acknowledged that Ethereum shouldn’t be a safety and that particular objective broker-dealers (SPBDs) akin to Prometheum can not provide custodial companies for non-securities.
Regardless of this, the officers say that Prometheum has publicly acknowledged that Ethereum is a safety and even soft-launched custody companies for the crypto asset in Could.
“It continues to be unclear to us how, as a SPBD accepted by FINRA to custody securities solely, Prometheum can custody ETH in compliance with SEC and FINRA guidelines, and why the SEC and FINRA proceed to permit Prometheum to carry ETH out to the general public as a safety.”
The letter says that Prometheum’s assertion and actions are “deceptive” and have already brought about confusion within the market, with the SEC and FINRA’s silence worsening the state of affairs.
“The SEC and FINRA are complicit in perpetuating confusion and uncertainty within the market, which in the end harms market contributors and shoppers.
The SEC’s and FINRA’s silence is irresponsible and continues to lift troubling questions because it pertains to the SPBD necessities and course of in addition to the SEC’s and FINRA’s capability to oversee broker-dealers and make sure the market’s integrity.”
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