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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler is “taking investors hostage” with his insistence to deny spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded products (ETPs) and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to launch in the US, the influential Wall Street Journal said in its editorial piece.

Gary Gensler, chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, reiterated his call for investor protection in securities offered by crypto firms.

Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Gary Gensler said 18 May he worries that more investors will be harmed in cryptocurrency markets, after this month’s implosion of the stablecoin known as TerraUSD.

Gary Gensler, chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has cited concerns about cryptocurrency enforcement in its budget request for the next fiscal year.

Cryptocurrency assets are highly speculative and investors in them need more protections or they could lose trust in the markets, Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, said on Monday. Generally, people who buy cryptocurrencies do not get the disclosures they get when they make other asset purchases around things like whether the trading platform they are using is actually trading against them, or whether they actually own the assets they store in digital wallets, Gensler said. «We have this basic bargain: You the investing public can make your choices about the risk you take, but there is supposed to be full and fair disclosure, and people are not supposed to lie to you,» he said at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's annual conference in Washington.

Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler said that crypto assets count as a “security contract”, which falls under the securities umbrella and therefore within the purview of the SEC.

Cryptoasset exchanges are not placing walls between respective parts of their activities, such as trading, custody, and marketing services, which could lead to the “commingling” of their activities, and put their clients’ interests in jeopardy, according to Garry Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The official also indicated that his agency is looking into the ties between the leading stablecoins and major exchanges.

Platforms for cryptocurrency trading and lending should be registered and regulated like traditional securities exchanges, argues U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler.On April 4, 2022, he announced that SEC staff is working on this during his keynote address to a conference on digital assets, cryptocurrency, and blockchain held by the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law.

Gary Gensler, chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, said the agency’s protections that apply to investors of traditional assets should extend to those in the crypto market.

Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has responded to a letter from lawmakers calling the regulator denying approval of Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds “unacceptable.”

Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Gary Gensler is eyeing tougher cybersecurity rules to protect investors against financial loss and theft of personal data by hackers, he said in a speech Monday.

United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler has added a new staff member who will offer advice related to crypto policymaking and interagency work. 

Former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, Jay Clayton, was appointed by ex-President Donald Trump to serve in 2017. 

Hester Peirce, a commissioner for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission known by many in the space as Crypto Mom, is pushing back against the regulatory body’s agenda for not including clarification on digital assets.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has a lot to tackle.

Congressmen Todd Emmer and Darren Soto sent a bipartisan letter to Securities & Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler on Wednesday, strongly questioning why the agency has denied approval for the creation of a Bitcoin spot ETF while allowing Bitcoin Futures ETFs to begin trading.