SEC Charges Crypto Influencer, Appears To Suggest All Ethereum (ETH) Transactions Fall Under US Jurisdiction
crypto EthereumSinisingil ng SEC ang Crypto Influencer, Mukhang Iminumungkahi ang Lahat ng Mga Transaksyon sa Ethereum (ETH) na Nasa ilalim ng Jurisdiction ng US09 / 20 / 2022Balita ng Ethereum ng Bitcoin The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is filing charges against crypto influencer Ian Balina for his alleged involvement in the 2018 initial coin offering (ICO) of the SPRK token. Sa isang reklamo filed with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on September 19th, the SEC says it is taking legal action against Balina for allegedly promoting and selling the crypto asset, which the regulator claims is an unregistered security. The SEC further accuses the YouTuber of failing to disclose the amount he received from the coins issuer, software development firm Sparkster, and having his own unregistered offering of SPRK. Although he agreed to receive a 30% bonus from Sparkster on the tokens he purchased in the Sparkster Offering, Balina never publicly disclosed the consideration he received for his promotion. Balina also organized on Telegram an investing pool of about fifty individuals. After he agreed to purchase the SPRK tokens from Sparkster, Balina offered members of the investing pool the opportunity to purchase SPRK tokens from him upon their