SEC-ordförande fortsätter att se ner på kryptosektorn: Detaljer

• SEC-ordförande Gary Gensler fortsatte sin kritik av krypto under en kongressutfrågning på onsdagen.
• Gensler upprätthöll en stridbar hållning framför House Financial Services Committee. 
• Han hävdade att kryptoföretag har varit farligt slarviga med kundtillgångar.
• Gensler hävdade också att hans byrå ännu inte har beslutat vad de ska göra med Bitcoin spot ETF-applikationer.

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Gary Gensler, the Chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has once again slammed the digital assets sector and blockchain-focused businesses during a Congressional hearing earlier this week in the US. Interestingly, many lawmakers in the country are against Gensler’s stance on cryptocurrencies, and some have even introduced legislation to fire him. 

Under Biden-administrationen har SEC och Gensler fortsatt their combative stance against crypto “hucksters” while not answering key questions that surround the regulation of the blockchain industry. The chair of the US securities regulator has argued that digital asset companies have been dangerously careless with customer assets. 

During his questioning in front of the House Financial Services Committee, the SEC Chair criticized the way blockchain-focused businesses manage their clients’ funds while adding that commingling assets “is a recipe that’s not led to good results.” On the other hand, he also confirmed that the agency has yet to decide what to do with the applications for the approval of the Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) applications. 

Nyligen dömde en domare till Grayscale, ett företag för förvaltning av kryptotillgångar, som hävdade att SEC hade ingen anledning att avslå sin ansökan for the conversion of its flagship product, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), to a Bitcoin spot ETF. Circuit Judge Neomi Rao wrote that the agency’s rejection in the Grayscale Investments case had been “arbitrary and capricious.”

“It’s still an active consideration of the commission,” Gensler said in his testimony. “We have great respect for the courts.”

Interestingly, the remarks from the SEC Chair left many wondering about the future of the digital asset sector and the role of the securities regulator in it. It is important to mention here that Chairman Patrick McHenry criticized the regulator’s losing streak in court and accused the agency of aggressively targeting the digital asset ecosystem. 

Enligt tidigare rapporter vann Ripple också delvis ett mål mot tillsynsmyndigheten där domaren bedömde att XRP-token inte var en säkerhet när den såldes till institutionella investerare. Gensler antydde att en överklagan kan komma snart.

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