The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a Wells notice to OpenSea, the largest marketplace for nonfungible tokens (NFTs), alleging that the digital assets sold on the platform are unregistered securities. OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer expressed dismay at the SEC’s broad stance, arguing that the move could disproportionately affect numerous online artists and creators who lack the resources for legal defense. Cameron Pick, a partner at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun, remarked that while the risk of NFTs being classified as securities has been contemplated, it hasn’t posed the same level of issue as the creation of cryptocurrencies.
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