Sushi and its ‘head chef’ receive SEC subpoena
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DeFi mission Sushi and its major chief have been subpoenaed by the U.S. Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC), in accordance with a discussion board publish on March 21.
Sushi subpoenaed by regulators
That discussion board publish, printed by Sushi “head chef” Jared Gray, signifies that each he and the mission itself have been not too long ago served an SEC subpoena.
That publish suggests establishing a $3 million authorized fund to cowl authorized prices, funded with Tether’s USDT stablecoin and launched by a DAO proposal.
Outcomes from an early ballot connected to Gray’s unique discussion board publish recommend that a lot of the group is in favor of such a authorized fund, with 80% of 21 voters stating that they favor establishing the fund. Nonetheless, that vote just isn’t a call from Sushi’s DAO.
The discussion board publish provides few different particulars on the character of the subpoena. The publish says that Sushi is not going to remark additional however that it’s cooperating with the SEC.
The worth of Sushi’s native cryptocurrency token (SUSHI) fell from $1.22 to $1.15 shortly after the information, representing a lack of roughly 6.5%.
Can the SEC regulate DeFi?
In idea, any decentralized finance mission needs to be immune to regulation attributable to an absence of central authority that may be focused by authorities.
As such, the Sushi group questioned how Sushi itself was subpoenaed. Third-party websites recommend that the mission is headquartered in New York or Japan, however it’s not clear that any places of work exist. Supposedly, members of the mission’s DAO may very well be subpoenaed, however at the very least one member of the DAO has denied receiving the subpoena.
Sushi just isn’t the primary decentralized crypto mission to draw the eye of the SEC. In 2021, the SEC took motion towards the fraudulent DeFi Cash Market. And in 2018, the SEC took motion towards the early decentralized trade Etherdelta and its founder.
It’s doable that the SEC is trying into different decentralized initiatives as effectively. Unverified rumors emerged round March 3 that a number of DeFi platforms had obtained a Wells discover from the U.S. SEC over an unspecified time period.
Nonetheless, a Wells discover would point out that the SEC intends to take enforcement motion — whereas Sushi’s subpoena solely implies an investigation.
