The SEC Is Arguing That UST Is a Security: Details of Their Claim

Written by secagainsttheworld | Published 2023/10/12
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TLDRThe SEC claims that UST is a security.via the TL;DR App

EC v. Terraform Court Filing, retrieved on February 16, 2023, is part of HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series. You can jump to any part in this filing here. This is part 21 of 38.

C. UST

4. UST is a Security because it could be Exchanged for LUNA

84. UST is also a security because it gave investors a "right to subscribe or purchase" another security[4]—namely, it could be exchanged for LUNA, another security as detailed above. Given that UST investors had the right to convert UST to one dollar's worth of LUNA via the Terraform blockchain, investors who bought UST had the right to subscribe to or purchase a security (i.e. LUNA).


[4] Securities Act Section 2(a)(1); Exchange Act Section 3(a)(10)

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Published by HackerNoon on 2023/10/12