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by elliekelly 1158 days ago
That’s not even remotely the same as showing up at their office and asking them to apply the law to your specific scenario. That’s what lawyers do. And if your lawyers are unsure they can ask the SEC via the No Action letter process. For CoinBase to say “well we had a bunch of meetings and we asked them to explain the law to us” is disingenuous because of course they’re not going to get an answer that way. That’s not how the SEC works and that isn’t their job. Do you know why they didn’t go the No Action route? Because they knew the answer they’d get and they didn’t like it.
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> they can ask the SEC via the No Action letter process

So you admit that they do give legal advice. Thank you.

No. No Action Letters are absolutely not legal advice and they all specifically state as much.