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