The United States securities regulator has asked for four more months to provide a response to Coinbaseโs request for crypto regulatory clarity.
In a June 13 letter submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it needs an additional 120 days to reply to Coinbaseโs request that it adopt new rules and provide further clarity on the laws governing crypto.
The letter was in response to the courtโs June 6 order to the SEC which asked the regulator to address if itโs denying the rulemaking or if it needs more time to respond.
The SEC said it โhas not decided what action to take on that petition in whole or in partโ and claimed Coinbaseโs request for a writ of mandamus has โno merit.โ
The regulator claimed that the mandamus petition โshould be deniedโ but anticipated it would be able to make a recommendation on Coinbaseโs petition for rulemaking โwithin the next 120 days.โ
In response to the letter, Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal informed his 40,000 Twitter followers that the SEC had repeated the โfallacyโ that it was yet to decide on any new regulation.
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He added the letter ignored clear statements from SEC chair Gary Gensler that the SEC has โno intent to issue new rules.โ
โ[The SEC] instead conflate the evidence of a decision those statements provide with an argument that the statements are themselves a decision,โ Grewal said.
4) they ignore the clear statements of the Chair that confirm they have no intent to issue new rules, and instead conflate the evidence of a decision those statements provide with an argument that the statements are themselves a decision. 3/5
โ paulgrewal.eth (@iampaulgrewal) June 13, 2023
โThey refuse to commit to any deadline despite the Court’s explicit order,โ Grewal added.
The courtโs order to the SEC came the same day the regulator sued Coinbase for offering unregistered securities and operating an unregistered securities exchange.
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