Kevin O'Leary témoigne devant le Congrès

• Kevin O’Leary said he lost $15 million to FTX’s collapse.
• L'investisseur célèbre, cependant, pense que l'effondrement récent n'a aucun effet sur l'avenir de l'industrie de la cryptographie.

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Shark Tank host Kevin O’Leary testified before the Senate Banking Committee on the FTX collapse and said it wiped off the $15 million he was paid to represent the firm. The celebrity investor, however, told lawmakers that he believed the industry still has upside potential.

L'homme d'affaires canadien argumenté that “the collapse of FTX is nothing new.” He noted that “while this situation is painful for shareholders, employees, and account holders, in the long run, it does not change this industry’s promise.”

Kevin O’Leary still has investments in other cryptocurrency companies despite the loss from FTX. Regardless of FTX’s fate, O’Leary believes the crypto industry has what it takes to survive and thrive like other industries with notable failures. The 68-year-old went on to list popular failures that had no effect on the American market. He said,

Enron came and went and had no impact on the energy markets. Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers’ demise had no impact on the long-term potential of American debt and equity markets.

In addition to backing initiatives to develop a “well-regulated stablecoin” pegged to the dollar, O’Leary endorsed new regulations for the cryptocurrency industry as a whole. The popular investor noted that the budding crypto industry is gradually getting rid of the bad players. He said,

Partir ou disparaître sont les gestionnaires inexpérimentés ou incompétents, les modèles commerciaux faibles et les opérateurs voyous non réglementés. Espérons que ces événements très médiatisés remettront l'accent sur la mise en œuvre d'une réglementation nationale qui est au point mort depuis des années.

O’Leary was joined in his testimony by Jennifer Schulp, director of financial regulation studies at the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives for the Cato Institute; actor Ben McKenzie Schenkkan, and law professor Hilary Allen at American University Washington College.

Jennifer Schulp a fait valoir que la réglementation ne devrait pas limiter les forces du marché dans l'espace crypto. D'après elle,

Bien que la circonspection autour d'une nouvelle classe d'actifs et de technologies soit plus que juste, c'est tout à fait différent d'empêcher activement les individus d'accéder à un instrument qu'environ un Américain sur cinq, selon certaines mesures, a déjà choisi d'utiliser à des fins diverses, du commerce à l'envoi de fonds. .

Professor of law Hillary Allen, however, cautioned against promoting a stronger bond between digital assets and the banking system through any regulation of cryptocurrencies. Additionally, Hollywood actor and prominent cryptocurrency skeptic Ben McKenzie Schenkkan said cryptocurrencies are a bad means of exchange, unit of account, and store of value.

Bankman-Fried a été arrêté plus tôt cette semaine, et depuis lors, les législateurs ont augmentation des appels pour réglementer l'ensemble de l'industrie de la cryptographie.

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