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OpenSea Receives SEC Wells Notification

OpenSea said it had received a notice from the US Securities and Exchange Commission to Wells warning them of a possible lawsuit from the agency. According to CEO Devin Finzer, “they think the NFTs on our platform are securities.” Finzer did not provide further details on the scope of the SEC filing.

Finzer vowed the company would vigorously fight any impending lawsuit.

The lawsuit echoes previous SEC enforcement actions, such as a September 2023 settlement with a celebrity endorsement. Stoner cats draft, in which the SEC suggested that it might broadly view NFTs as securities if investors “reasonably expect to benefit” from the continued efforts of NFT issuers.

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