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2021-09-21
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Coinbase Drops Crypto Lending Program Plans After SEC Balks
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However, the loudest criticism yet has come from Coinbase itself.</p>\n<p>In a Sept. 7 Twitter tirade over the SEC’s opposition to Lend, Coinbase Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong accused the regulator of “sketchy behavior” and “intimidation tactics.” The post won praise from the crypto die-hards among his 825,000-plus followers, but also stoked concern that he was taking a page from Elon Musk in doing battle with the agency at a time when the crypto industry was seeking broad acceptance.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/4617c167bddd37e33f736b97d16348e7\" tg-width=\"1760\" tg-height=\"1171\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><span>Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong</span></p>\n<p>On Friday when announcing its plans to back away from Lend, Coinbase took a much more muted approach. The firm mentioned it as an addendum to a June 29 post on its blog, where the company posts news.</p>\n<p>The post wasn’t billboarded on the website. 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It also represents a dramatic reversal for Coinbase, whose top executives made its skirmish with the SEC public in defiant posts on social media on Sept. 7.\nCoinbase’s about-face comes as the SEC under Chair Gary Gensler takes a tougher line on cryptocurrency products that may fall under the agency’s purview and the platforms that they trade on. The planned Lend program, which would have let users earn 4% by lending their tokens, has become a flash point in growing tensions between the regulator and the burgeoning crypto industry.\n“As we continue our work to seek regulatory clarity for the crypto industry as a whole, we’ve made the difficult decision not to launch,” the firm said in its Sept. 17 post. “We had hundreds of thousands of customers from across the country sign up and we want to thank you all for your interest. We will not stop looking for ways to bring innovative, trusted programs and products to our customers.”\nAn SEC spokesperson declined to comment.\nBloomberg\nU.S. investors in many ways consider Coinbase, the largest American digital-asset trading platform, to be a standard bearer for the entire industry.\nIn April, the firm’s valuation surged to as much as $89 billion when it went public through a direct listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange just as Bitcoin surged to a record high. It’s also built up a cadre of experienced securities lawyers to represent it before regulators.\nFor his part, Gensler’s plans to crackdown on what he calls the “Wild West” of finance have earned him rebukes from trade groups and more recently powerful Republican senators. However, the loudest criticism yet has come from Coinbase itself.\nIn a Sept. 7 Twitter tirade over the SEC’s opposition to Lend, Coinbase Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong accused the regulator of “sketchy behavior” and “intimidation tactics.” The post won praise from the crypto die-hards among his 825,000-plus followers, but also stoked concern that he was taking a page from Elon Musk in doing battle with the agency at a time when the crypto industry was seeking broad acceptance.\nCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong\nOn Friday when announcing its plans to back away from Lend, Coinbase took a much more muted approach. The firm mentioned it as an addendum to a June 29 post on its blog, where the company posts news.\nThe post wasn’t billboarded on the website. No press release was sent or potential customers who signed up early for the program contacted. It wasn’t signed by Armstrong or Paul Grewal, the company’s chief legal officer, who also blasted the SEC on Sept. 8.\nTo be sure, having to shelve Lend is a major blow for Coinbase as the firm tries to diversify revenue beyond its trading fees. The company is also playing catch-up to competitors such as BlockFi Lending LLC, which are already offering higher yielding products.\nNew Jersey is among states that have ordered BlockFi to stop marketing some products. 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