Gary Gensler


Opinión

Could the Ripple Ruling Spell the End of Regulation by Enforcement?

A long-awaited district judge’s ruling that some XRP token sales were not investment contracts will likely eventually lead to a bipartisan regulatory framework that is more favorable to the pro-crypto crowd in Congress, writes John Rizzo.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler at a U.S. Treasury council hearing in October 2022 (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Opinión

Gary Gensler Failed the U.S. Crypto Industry, and So Has Congress

The Securities and Exchange Commission chair is a rational actor. U.S. lawmakers have been derelict in their duties.

Chairman for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Gary Gensler. (SEC, modified by CoinDesk)

Regulación

Leading House Democrat Solicits Feedback From Gensler and Yellen on Crypto Bill

The bill would provide guidelines for U.S.-based crypto exchanges to register with regulators.

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Opinión

SEC Sought Freeze Order Despite ‘No Evidence’ That Binance Was Moving U.S. Customer Funds

The SEC’s “pre-crime” litigation strategy seemed to annoy Judge Amy Jackson.

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Finanzas

Crypto Lobbyists Ask SEC for Info on Prometheum, the Mysterious 'Regulated' Crypto Firm

The registered exchange backed Gary Gensler’s viewpoint in front of Congress. But now it's in the hot seat.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Opinión

Gary Gensler’s Catch-22 Vision of ‘Regulated’ Crypto Brokers

The SEC-registered trading platform Prometheum pitched the House on Gary Gensler's vision. But skeptical legislators highlighted that the platform won't offer major assets – including bitcoin.

Prometheum founder and co-CEO Aaron Kaplan went on CoinDesk TV to discuss is Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker-dealer license approval. (CoinDesk)

Opinión

SEC’s DeFi Rulemaking Do-Over Falls Short

An attempt at classifying decentralized, open-source protocols as regulated exchanges is a "gussied up ban on blockchain in the U.S.," ConsenSys lawyer Bill Hughes writes.

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Consensus Magazine

Binance and Coinbase: Experts Weigh What’s Coming Next

Will the SEC win? Will Binance close in the U.S.? What will Congress do? As the SEC launches wide-ranging suits against crypto’s biggest players, we asked a range of experts to peer into the future.

Gary Gensler (Third Way/Flickr)

Opinión

The New Crypto Bill Gary Gensler Doesn’t Want You to Know About

U.S. law doesn't let appointed regulators override elected official. But the SEC head may be doing exactly that.

America is still a democracy. Technically, at least. (Andy Morffew, Flickr/CC)