Prometheum “might have supplied false testimony to Congress or violated U.S. securities legal guidelines,” the open letter started. The lawmaker mentioned Prometheum CEO Aaron Kaplan instructed Congress that it developed its personal blockchain platform independently beginning in December 2019. Nonetheless, in SEC filings filed by means of 2021, Prometheum mentioned it relied on Shanghai Wanxiang Blockchain, Inc., a Chinese language agency Tuberville alleged had ties to the Chinese language Communist Social gathering.