Back to collectionA Second SEC Suit, and No Delay
Background: The previous day's suit against Binance and CZ, along with BTC's sharp fall, had already made the announcement team feel that outside news was eclipsing the project. Today: The SEC sued Coinbase the next day, plunging the US crypto industry into one of its darkest weeks. Impact and next steps: The schedule held for now, but communication became harder.
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Background: The previous day's suit against Binance and CZ, along with BTC's sharp fall, had already made the announcement team feel that outside news was eclipsing the project. Those managing the schedule had to consider whether continuing preparations would look like ignoring the situation.
Today: The SEC sued Coinbase the next day, plunging the US crypto industry into one of its darkest weeks. Someone inside asked directly whether to postpone the announcement. The answer was, “No delay.” The team did not treat that answer as a reason to leave its work untouched: it reviewed the Q&A materials again, separating what was settled about the project from questions it could not answer for the industry.
Impact and next steps: The schedule held for now, but communication became harder. The release would have to explain the chain and the games clearly while recognizing that readers were concerned about the regulatory storm. Whether those two kinds of questions could be handled distinctly would depend on the next rehearsal and the eventual Q&A; today's decision settled only the question of delay.