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Franklin Templeton Enters Spot Bitcoin ETF Race; Binance Fires Back at SEC
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Franklin Templeton Enters Spot Bitcoin ETF Race; Binance Fires Back at SEC
"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the hottest crypto headlines today, including another financial services heavyweight vying for a spot bitcoin ETF. Binance s...
Franklin Templeton Enters Spot Bitcoin ETF Race; Binance Fires Back at SEC
By CoinDesk Staff
Sep 12, 2023 at 3:36 p.m. UTC
Sep 12, 2023
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler will again blast the crypto industry at a Senate hearing this week. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Defiant Gensler Returns to Crypto Grievances Ahead of Senate Testimony
Despite recent stumbles in court for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Chair Gary Gensler is still hewing to his industry criticism.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler will again blast the crypto industry at a Senate hearing this week. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
By Jesse Hamilton
Sep 11, 2023 at 9:08 p.m. UTC
Sep 11, 2023
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One Senate Banking Committee member argues that the panel needs to aim more hearings at what U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler is doing to crypto. (Photo courtesy of the Securities and Exchange Commission)
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SEC’s Gensler Should Be Focus of More Hearings on Treatment of Crypto: U.S. Senator
Sen. Bill Hagerty, a Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, says the panel should be digging into the interactions between the securities regulator and the digital assets...
One Senate Banking Committee member argues that the panel needs to aim more hearings at what U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler is doing to crypto. (Photo courtesy of the Securities and Exchange Commission)
By Jesse Hamilton
Sep 7, 2023 at 3:41 p.m. UTC
Sep 7, 2023
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Gensler's 'Enforcer' Strategy Crumbling, Says Hermine Wong
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Gensler's 'Enforcer' Strategy Crumbling, Says Hermine Wong
Hermine Wong, former Coinbase Head of Policy and Principal at herminewong.xyz, questions Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler's piecemeal legal actions, stati...
Gensler's 'Enforcer' Strategy Crumbling, Says Hermine Wong
By CoinDesk Staff
Aug 30, 2023 at 2:45 p.m. UTC
Aug 30, 2023
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Republican Lawmakers Ask Gensler How Prometheum Got SEC Approval
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Republican Lawmakers Ask Gensler How Prometheum Got SEC Approval
Republicans on the U.S. congressional committee that oversees the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are demanding agency Chair Gary Gensler explain how Prometheum Inc....
Republican Lawmakers Ask Gensler How Prometheum Got SEC Approval
By CoinDesk Staff
Aug 16, 2023 at 2:53 p.m. UTC
Aug 16, 2023
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Republican lawmakers are questioning Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler on how Prometheum got its registration. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Republican Lawmakers Demand Gensler Tell Them How Prometheum Got SEC Approval
Patrick McHenry, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, rounded up all of his panel's Republicans to question the SEC and FINRA about the company’s unique sta...
Republican lawmakers are questioning Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler on how Prometheum got its registration. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
By Jesse Hamilton
Aug 15, 2023 at 7:06 p.m. UTC
Aug 15, 2023
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SEC Chair Gensler Says We’ve Seen the 'Wild West' of the Crypto Markets
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SEC Chair Gensler Says We’ve Seen the 'Wild West' of the Crypto Markets
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler made a pitch for tens of millions of dollars in additional funding for his agency’s multi-billion budget at the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriatio...
SEC Chair Gensler Says We’ve Seen the 'Wild West' of the Crypto Markets
By CoinDesk Staff
Jul 19, 2023 at 7:59 p.m. UTC
Jul 19, 2023
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SEC Chair Gensler Cites 'Wild West' of Crypto in Case to Increase Agency's Budget
The chairman asked U.S. lawmakers for $72 million in extra funding to, among other things, protect investors from crypto markets “rife with noncompliance.”
SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
By Elizabeth Napolitano
Jul 19, 2023 at 7:28 p.m. UTC
Jul 19, 2023
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Professor Gary Gensler vs. SEC Chair Gary Gensler: Crypto Long & Short
Gary Gensler once taught a class on crypto. Is he contradicting himself now in his powerful Washington role?
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By Glenn Williams
Jul 19, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 19, 2023
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Rep. Ritchie Torres: We've Seen a 'Weaponization of the SEC' From Gensler Against Crypto Industry
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Rep. Ritchie Torres: We've Seen a 'Weaponization of the SEC' From Gensler Against Crypto Industry
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) joins First Mover to discuss how the SEC is handling crypto regulation, noting that under SEC Chair Gary Gensler there has been a "weaponization" of...
Rep. Ritchie Torres: We've Seen a 'Weaponization of the SEC' From Gensler Against Crypto Industry
By CoinDesk Staff
Jul 19, 2023 at 2:35 p.m. UTC
Jul 19, 2023
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