Gary Gensler Says Bitcoin Is Real

Gary Gensler Says Bitcoin Is Real

New SEC Chair declares 'Nakamoto Invention Is Real' while warning exchanges about trading digital asset securities.Gary Gensler, the new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair, validated the invention and legacy of bitcoin in his first speech on the subject on August 3. Speaking about his most recent time as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor of the practice of global economics and senior advisor to the MIT Digital Currency Initiative, Gensler said, “…I came to believe that, though there was a lot of hype masquerading as reality in the crypto field, Nakamoto’s....


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