Кевин О'Лири дает показания перед Конгрессом
- Kevin O’Leary said he lost $15 million to FTX’s collapse.
- Однако знаменитый инвестор считает, что недавний крах никак не повлияет на будущее криптоиндустрии.
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.
Канадский бизнесмен утверждал 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,
Уходят или уходят неопытные или некомпетентные менеджеры, слабые бизнес-модели и мошеннические нерегулируемые операторы. Надеемся, что эти получившие широкую огласку события вновь привлекут внимание к реализации внутреннего регулирования, которое застопорилось на годы.
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.
Дженнифер Шульп утверждала, что правила не должны ограничивать рыночные силы в криптопространстве. По ее словам,
Хотя осмотрительность в отношении нового класса активов и технологий более чем справедлива, она полностью отличается от активного предотвращения доступа отдельных лиц к инструменту, который примерно каждый пятый американец по некоторым параметрам уже решил использовать для различных целей, от торговли до отправки денежных переводов. .
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.
Бэнкман-Фрид был арестован в начале этой недели, и с тех пор законодатели увеличение количества звонков для регулирования всей криптоиндустрии.