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OpenSea has received a Wells notice from the SEC threatening to sue us because they believe NFTs on our platform are securities.

We're shocked the SEC would make such a sweeping move against creators and artists. But we're ready to stand up and fight.

This is a move into uncharted territory. By targeting NFTs, the SEC would stifle innovation on an even broader scale: hundreds of thousands of online artists and creatives are at risk, and many do not have the resources to defend themselves.

In addition to standing our own ground, we're pledging $5M to help cover legal fees for NFT creators and devs that receive a Wells notice. Every creator, big or small, should be able to innovate without fear.

I hope the SEC will come to its senses sooner rather than later, and that they'll listen with an open mind.

Until then, we'll stand up and fight for our industry.

Onwards 🌊⛵️

gm rgs ☕️

“then they’ll fight you” stage is ongoing

reality is these are free, global markets that are permissionless in nature, no single regulator gets to have control - they don’t like this reality, but it isn’t changing, each country will have a choice to participate or not

onward 🌱

investor, photographer, nomad, exploring onchain & exploring the 🌎 /positivesum

yes, and - i think we haven't seen the pinnacle of this stage yet.

Bitcoin = 1T bet against what? 10T bet in 5 years. Same with ETH Mcap and DeFi all FDVs together? We are betting against the system and the reason to exist of orgs like the SEC (especially in areas I call Woke-istan) is 2b the centralised gate-keeper

Life Maxi worlding /farcasterland writing about it https://t.ly/mdK99 onboarding people onto it https://t.ly/Egj2l