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Home From the Editors SEC charges company behind Stoner Cats NFT series with unregistered securities sale

SEC charges company behind Stoner Cats NFT series with unregistered securities sale

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The animated series, accessible only to NFT holders, had a cast that included Vitalik Buterin, Gary Vaynerchuk and Hollywood A-listers.

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Stoner Cats 2 LLC (SC2), the company behind the โ€œStoner Catsโ€ animated series, has agreed to a cease-and-desist order and other measures imposed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission after being charged with conducting an unregistered offering of crypto-asset securities in the form of nonfungible tokens (NFTs).

According to the SEC, SC2 sold more than 10,000 NFTs for about $800 apiece. The sale took 35 minutes and occurred on July 27, 2021, and the proceeds were used to fund the series. The NFTs allowed purchasers to view the Stoner Cats animated series, which revolved around an elderly woman and her cats consuming cannabis. The first of six episodes premiered two days after the NFT sale.

A Stoner Cats promo. Source: X (formerly Twitter)

The Stoner Cats project was spearheaded by actress Mila Kunis, who teamed up with established NFT creators. The seriesโ€™ cast consisted of Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Chris Rock, Dax Shepard, Gary Vaynerchuk, Jane Fonda, Michael Bubl?, Seth MacFarlane and Vitalik Buterin.

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The SEC said in a statement that SC2 marketed the NFTs as having the potential for secondary sales and implied that the qualifications of the creators and prominence of the actors would cause the NFTs to rise in value. The NFTs were configured so that SC2 received a 2.5% royalty on every secondary sale. There were at least 10,000 secondary sales, worth more than $20 million, the SEC said.

SEC settled its first enforcement action involving PFP NFTs. SEC alleges each uniquely generated โ€œStoner Catโ€ itself to be a โ€œcrypto asset security in the form of a non-fungible token.โ€ Mechanics of the offering were similar to most popular PFP projects. Some of my takeawaysโ€ฆ /1

โ€” Mike Selig (@MikeSeligEsq)

September 13, 2023

Besides agreeing to the cease-and-desist order, SC2 will pay a civil penalty of $1 million. A fair fund will be created for disgorgement to reimburse โ€œinjured investors.โ€ SC2 will destroy all NFTs in its possession or control. The company did not admit to or deny the charges.

The SEC first brought charges of unregistered securities sales charges against an NFT issuer in August in its case against Impact Theory.

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