{"id":16203,"date":"2024-08-19T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/winklevoss-urges-50-million-us-crypto-investors-to-support-sec-chairs-ouster\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T09:10:00","slug":"winklevoss-urges-50-million-us-crypto-investors-to-support-sec-chairs-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/winklevoss-urges-50-million-us-crypto-investors-to-support-sec-chairs-ouster\/","title":{"rendered":"Winklevoss Urges 50 Million US Crypto Investors to Support SEC Chair&#8217;s Ouster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty million American cryptocurrency investors could pressure presidential candidate Kamala Harris to dismiss <span data-descr=\"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\" class=\"old_tooltip\">SEC<\/span> Chair Gary Gensler before the November 5 election, according to Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">50 million people in America own crypto. If all 50 million made it clear to Harris that she wouldn&#8217;t get their vote unless she fired <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaryGensler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GaryGensler<\/a> and ended the war on crypto before November 5th, the war would end and crypto would become bipartisan overnight. That&#8217;s the game\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Winklevoss (@tyler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tyler\/status\/1824501399427703216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;50 million people in America own cryptocurrency. If all 50 million made it clear to Harris that she wouldn&#8217;t get their vote unless she fired Gary Gensler and ended the war on cryptocurrencies before November 5, the &#8216;war&#8217; would end. [\u2026] That&#8217;s the game theory,&#8221;<\/em> he explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In January 2023, the Commission accused Gemini and Genesis Global Capital of selling unregistered securities. At the time, Tyler Winklevoss described the regulator&#8217;s claims as &#8220;super unconvincing&#8221; and a &#8220;manufactured parking ticket.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In July 2024, Tyler&#8217;s brother, Cameron, warned against superficial attempts by Harris to mend relations with the industry. The Gemini co-founder emphasized that its participants would not be deceived by empty promises and urged the Democratic presidential candidate to demonstrate &#8220;decisive actions&#8221; by November.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Beware of the Big Bluff. Harris and her advisors are in the process of working on a &#8220;reset&#8221; with the crypto industry. Being respectful of the Vice President&#8217;s time, let\u2019s be crystal clear here:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KamalaHarris<\/a>, please don&#8217;t bother unless you are prepared to take swift, bold, and\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cameron Winklevoss (@cameron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cameron\/status\/1817743779056484674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Beware of the Big Bluff. Harris and her advisors are in the process of working on a &#8216;reset&#8217; with the crypto industry. [\u2026] You can&#8217;t burn bridges for four years and hope to rebuild them with words alone. [\u2026] We won&#8217;t be swayed by words. We will only consider what you do,&#8221;<\/em> he emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Throughout the year, many experts, including<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/mark-cuban-joins-critics-of-bidens-cryptocurrency-policy\"> billionaire investor Mark Cuban <\/a>and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, argued that Gensler&#8217;s policies could lead to the defeat of the Democratic candidate in the upcoming election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Gemini co-founder announced his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and donated $1 million in Bitcoin (15.47 BTC at the time of the transaction). Part of the funds was later returned.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, journalists questioned Harris&#8217;s favorable stance towards cryptocurrencies due to her absence from a specially organized Crypto for Harris event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty million American cryptocurrency investors could pressure presidential candidate Kamala Harris to dismiss SEC Chair Gary Gensler before the November 5 election, according to Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss. 50 million people in America own crypto. 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