Lawmakers, SEC Commissioner Slam Chair Gensler for Focusing on Crypto Enforce...
Several U.S. lawmakers and a commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have voiced concerns about the securities regulator expanding its crypto enforcement unit. “The SEC is a regulatory agency with an enforcement division, not an enforcement agency.” Lawmakers Oppose SEC’s Crypto Enforcement Focus A number of lawmakers and a commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) slammed the securities watchdog Tuesday for focusing on crypto enforcement. This followed the SEC’s announcement that the agency nearly doubled....
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The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has outlined two paths the agency is taking to regulate the crypto industry. Meanwhile, a U.S. congressman is investigating whether Gensler helped FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and his bankrupt crypto exchange on legal loopholes to obtain a regulatory monopoly. SEC Chair Gensler on FTX’s Undoing The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, talked about crypto regulation and the undoing of cryptocurrency exchange FTX in an interview with CNBC Thursday. Without confirming....
A U.S. congressman has slammed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Chair Gary Gensler for cracking down on companies outside the SEC’s jurisdiction. The SEC “is not regulating in good faith,” he said, adding that “Under Chair Gensler, the SEC has become a power-hungry regulator.”
Rep. Emmer Slams SEC and Chair Gensler
The director of the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gurbir Grewal, testified Tuesday before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee Financial Services’....
The European Commission’s commissioner for financial services has reportedly urged U.S. lawmakers to establish new rules to regulate the crypto industry. “We do need to see other players also legislating … We need to look at global regulation of crypto,” said the commissioner. EU Commissioner Calls on U.S. Lawmakers to Establish New Crypto Rules Mairead McGuinness, the European Commission’s commissioner for financial services, talked about cryptocurrency regulation in an interview with the Financial Times, published Tuesday. Referencing the Markets in Crypto-Assets....
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has outlined how the SEC plans to regulate the crypto industry. Focusing on investor protection, Gensler discussed concerns the SEC has about crypto trading, exchanges, lending, defi platforms, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Gary Gensler Outlines SEC’s Crypto Priorities SEC Chairman Gary Gensler outlined the agency’s plans regarding the regulation of cryptocurrencies at the Aspen Security Forum Tuesday. He described: Right now, we just don’t have enough investor protection in crypto.....
In a highly anticipated appearance before the Senate Banking Committee, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler is set to reiterate his stance on the regulatory landscape of crypto today (10:00 am ET). Drawing from his pre-released testimony, Gensler remains unwavering in his belief that the majority of crypto assets fall under the purview […]