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 <li>Interestingly, the SEC lawyers see no contradiction in their positions.</li> 
 <li>James Murphy remarked that the SEC is having difficulty “keeping its story straight.”</li> 
 <li>In Binance and Coinbase hearings, the SEC argued that tokens may be security and otherwise simultaneously.</li> 
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Recently, renowned pro-crypto attorney James Murphy (a.k.a. MetaLawMan) weighed in on the U.S. regulator’s inconsistency in classifying crypto assets as security. Specifically, Murphy <a href="https://x.com/MetaLawMan/status/1755590861474189369?s=20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">highlighted</a> recent court hearings wherein the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) legal counsels presented conflicting arguments. 
The first cited instance was a January 17 hearing in the <a href="https://coinedition.com/coinbase-on-the-verge-of-claiming-regulatory-advantage-over-sec/">lawsuit against U.S.-based exchange Coinbase</a>. During the proceedings, the court sought clarification from the SEC on whether some 13 tokens in contention were themselves securities at their initial issuance. 
In response, the SEC lawyers said, “Yes, your Honor,” affirming the tokens were security. However, in the same court session, the SEC lawyer added, “The token itself is not the security.”&nbsp; 
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SEC vs. Coinbase Hearing 
Furthermore, attorney Murphy cited a second instance in the hearing concerning the sui…
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