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تلقت شركة ألعاب Ethereum الناشئة Immutable إشعارًا من Wells من هيئة الأوراق المالية والبورصات الأمريكية (SEC). اشتكت شركة Immutable من أن هيئة الأوراق المالية والبورصة كانت قاسية عمدًا مع شركات العملات المشفرة الناشئة، على الرغم من قلة الأدلة على وقوع الضرر.
كان Immutable (IMX) واحدًا من أفضل المشاريع الموجهة نحو الألعاب خلال طفرة اللعب من أجل الربح لعام 2021. يجمع المشروع بين سوق NFT وحل قياس L2 لمطوري الألعاب التابعين لجهات خارجية.
حدث إطلاق Immutable خلال فترة متفائلة في سوق العملات المشفرة. تمكن المشروع من جمع 320 مليون دولار في البيع المسبق، منها أكثر من 14% من رموز IMX ذهبت إلى الجمهور. كانت هذه هي نقطة الخلاف التي استهدفتها هيئة الأوراق المالية والبورصات، متهمة شركة Immutable بوضع ورقة مالية غير مسجلة.
اتصلت هيئة الأوراق المالية والبورصات الأمريكية بـ Immutable لإجراء محادثة وأصدرت على الفور إشعار Wells. يواجه غير القابل للتغيير الآن إجراءً بعد حصوله على فرصة للرد العام. قد يسبق الإشعار رفع دعوى قضائية ولكنه لا يضمن الإجراءات التالية للجنة الأوراق المالية والبورصات.
تلقت شركة Immutable إشعارًا من Wells من هيئة الأوراق المالية والبورصة، وهو الأحدث في سياستها الفعلية للتنظيم من خلال التنفيذ. لقد تلقينا هذا في غضون ساعات من محادثتنا الأولى على الإطلاق، ضمن جدول زمني تم تسريعه بوضوح قبل الانتخابات.
للأسف أصبحت مثل هذه القصص…
— غير قابل للتغيير (@ غير قابل للتغيير) 31 أكتوبر 2024
Following the news of the Wells notice, IMX tokens slid from $1.37 to $1.22, falling to a one-month low. However, the SEC investigation also triggered a renewal in open interest. For IMX, open interest rallied from lows of $22M up to $27M within a few hours. IMX is seen as a risky proposition, though also as an opportunity to quickly recover from its lows.
IMX is represented on most major exchanges, including Binance and Coinbase. So far, Wells notices have not led to delistings for other projects, with the exception of XRP, which was delisted from Binance for a year.
Immutable claims the SEC is using aggressive enforcement
Immutable has encountered the SEC’s approach of targeting high-profile on-chain projects with a direct attempt to levy fines or cause protracted, expensive lawsuits. The SEC has targeted industry leaders like Coinbase, Crypto.com, and Uniswap.
Other projects affected by SEC’s approach of direct action include Consensys, Ripple, and OpenSea.
The Wells notices suggest the SEC has discovered infarctions in the project’s activities, with the possibility of launching a lawsuit. Immutable noted that the SEC did not give material explanations on its findings or which aspect of the project’s business triggered the investigation. The team suggested the SEC may be on a general war against crypto projects, even without specific regulatory findings.
Immutable targeted based on securities law
The SEC has targeted Immutable based on securities law, most probably because of its private and public placement in 2022, followed by exchange listings. According to Immutable, the SEC’s allegations of selling unregistered securities are vague.
Despite this, the case of Ripple has shown that the SEC can keep up the fight for years, preventing projects from innovating and tapping liquidity.
Immutable stated it is ready to be compliant, but is against aggressive enforcement with no clear means to amend the business model. Instead, the SEC has launched expensive and protracted lawsuits against multiple projects. The SEC has even lost some of the lawsuits, though not without causing delays for the projects.
Immutable became a staple in the gaming space, drawing in games like Gods Unchained, Etherbots, and Guild of Guardians. The platform itself worked as an L2, aiming for wide adoption. The project is well-funded and can continue to innovate as interest in Web3 projects returns.
IMX tokens can also be staked, in exchange for rewards coming from the ecosystem development fund. IMX tokens are 78% unlocked, getting closer to their fair value. The platform does not carry a DeFi space and only locks around $24.51M in liquidity.
The L2 solution does not behave like other chains aiming to tap Ethereum liquidity. Instead, Immutable aims to give a fast, scalable network for gaming. Immutable is also working on a zero-knowledge solution and has achieved partial decentralization. According to L2Beat, Immutable has achieved three of the five milestones for zero-knowledge chains.
Immutable carries dozens of games and apps, though some of them have limited on-chain activity. Gods Unchained remains the top app, mixing NFT and competition. Immutable also carries Illuvium (ILV), one of the high-profile 3D games. The notice arrives at a time when on-chain gaming attempts to make a return, this time in a more sustainable way compared to 2021.