Coinbase has filed a suit
against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ) for failing to respond to
its July 2022 petition that asked the US securities watchdog to provide
guidance for the cryptocurrency industry using its formal rulemaking process.
The crypto exchange disclosed the suit on Monday, noting that it simply
requested that the federal court “ask the SEC to share its decision” on the
petition.
Today, we filed a narrow action in the U.S. Circuit Court to compel the SEC to respond “yes or no” to a rulemaking petition we filed with them last July asking them to provide regulatory guidance for the crypto industry. 1/4 https://t.co/rlsS1DIFfl
— paulgrewal.eth (@iampaulgrewal) April 25, 2023
In the petition, Coinbase asked that the SEC “propose and adopt
rules to govern the regulation