Consensys Faces SEC Probe for Alleged Unlicensed Brokerage via MetaMask

SEC v. Consensys Software Inc. Court Filing, retrieved on June 28, 2024, is part of HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series. You can jump to any part in this filing here. This part is 21 of 26. V. CONSENSYS WAS REQUIRED TO, BUT DID NOT, REGISTER AS A BROKER WITH RESPECT TO METAMASK SWAPS. 323. As fully set forth in the preceding paragraphs, Consensys, through MetaMask Swaps, used the means and instrumentalities of interstate commerce to engage in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the account of others by, for example, soliciting potential investors in crypto asset securities, holding itself out as a place to buy and sell crypto assets (including crypto asset securities), providing investment advice by highlighting the “best” prices or “best” value, and otherwise facilitating trading in crypto asset securities by creating customer wallets (i.e., “accounts”), routing customer orders, handling customer crypto asset securities through Consensys-operated smart contract addresses, facilitating order execution by submitting blockchain transactions to a Consensys node, and receiving transaction-based compensation for doing so. Consensys was herefore required to register with the SEC as a broker or operate pursuant to an exemption or exception but did not do so. Continue Reading Here. About HackerNoon Legal PDF Series: We bring you the most important technical and insightful public domain court case filings. This court case retrieved on June 28, 2024, storage.courtlistener.com is part of the public domain. The court-created documents are works of the federal government, and under copyright law, are automatically placed in the public domain and may be shared without legal restriction. SEC v. Consensys Software Inc. Court Filing, retrieved on June 28, 2024, is part of HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series. You can jump to any part in this filing here. This part is 21 of 26. SEC v. Consensys Software Inc. Court Filing, retrieved on June 28, 2024, is part of HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series . You can jump to any part in this filing here . This part is 21 of 26. HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series here V. CONSENSYS WAS REQUIRED TO, BUT DID NOT, REGISTER AS A BROKER WITH RESPECT TO METAMASK SWAPS. 323. As fully set forth in the preceding paragraphs, Consensys, through MetaMask Swaps, used the means and instrumentalities of interstate commerce to engage in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the account of others by, for example, soliciting potential investors in crypto asset securities, holding itself out as a place to buy and sell crypto assets (including crypto asset securities), providing investment advice by highlighting the “best” prices or “best” value, and otherwise facilitating trading in crypto asset securities by creating customer wallets (i.e., “accounts”), routing customer orders, handling customer crypto asset securities through Consensys-operated smart contract addresses, facilitating order execution by submitting blockchain transactions to a Consensys node, and receiving transaction-based compensation for doing so. Consensys was herefore required to register with the SEC as a broker or operate pursuant to an exemption or exception but did not do so. Continue Reading Here. Continue Reading Here . Here About HackerNoon Legal PDF Series: We bring you the most important technical and insightful public domain court case filings. This court case retrieved on June 28, 2024, storage.courtlistener.com is part of the public domain. The court-created documents are works of the federal government, and under copyright law, are automatically placed in the public domain and may be shared without legal restriction. About HackerNoon Legal PDF Series: We bring you the most important technical and insightful public domain court case filings. This court case retrieved on June 28, 2024, storage.courtlistener.com is part of the public domain. The court-created documents are works of the federal government, and under copyright law, are automatically placed in the public domain and may be shared without legal restriction. storage.courtlistener.com