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<p><strong>The founder of controversial cryptocurrency HEX, Richard Heart, <a href="https://x.com/RichardHeartWin/status/1730853571971678380?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">took</a> to Twitter today to tout HEX’s “4 years of perfect, flawless operation” on its 4th anniversary. However, his celebratory remarks come at an interesting time, as Heart currently faces serious legal charges from U.S. regulators.</strong></p>
<p>The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently charged Heart and entities he controls with conducting over $1 billion in unregistered securities offerings through the launch of HEX and other crypto assets. They have also accused Heart of fraudulently misappropriating at least $12 million from those offerings to purchase luxury goods for himself.</p>
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 <p lang="en" dir="ltr">HEX turns 4 years old today. 4 Years of perfect, flawless operation. 100% uptime. Unstoppable, immutable code on a public, open source, peer to peer network. Hundreds of crypto things failed and $ billions were lost while HEX continues to operate flawlessly. Congrats everyone! <a href="https://t.co/MYDeRJu3Sk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/MYDeRJu3Sk</a></p>— Richard Heart (@RichardHeartWin) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardHeartWin/status/1730853571971678380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">December 2, 2023</a>
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<p>As the SEC continues legal action against Heart, who now resides in Finland making their investigation more difficult, his public praise of HEX’s performance rings somewhat hollow. While the decentralized nature of cryptocurrency may allow for technical uptime, the accusations of fraudulent activity and lack of proper registration cast serious doubts on HEX and Heart’s other projects having truly “flawless operation” from a legal and ethical perspective.</p>
<p>Some in the crypto community have raised questions about the timing and intentions behind Heart’s celebratory comments. As he faces an ongoing SEC lawsuit, promoting HEX’s anniversary could be an attempt to downplay the serious allegations and shore up support among investors. However, the cloud of legal issues is unlikely to be lifted by simply touting past technical accomplishments while dodging American regulators overseas.</p>
<p>Whether the SEC charges have merit or not, Richard Heart’s situation shows that even decentralized technologies are still subject to the jurisdictions of government agencies. His boasting remarks do little to address the elephant in the room of mounting regulatory trouble that now hangs over HEX and its controversial founder. Only facing the charges head-on could start to redeem perceptions of the project in the eyes of the law and conservative investors it allegedly wronged.</p>
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