{"id":17695,"date":"2024-10-11T13:07:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T10:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/sec-commissioners-critique-a-disastrous-approach-to-crypto-regulation\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T13:07:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T10:07:51","slug":"sec-commissioners-critique-a-disastrous-approach-to-crypto-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/sec-commissioners-critique-a-disastrous-approach-to-crypto-regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Commissioner&#8217;s Critique: A &#8216;Disastrous&#8217; Approach to Crypto Regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEC Commissioner <span data-descr=\"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\" class=\"old_tooltip\">SEC<\/span> Mark Uyeda stated on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/media\/sec-commissioner-confesses-crypto-approach-has-fueled-disaster-whole-industry\">FOX Business<\/a> that the regulator&#8217;s stance on digital assets is &#8220;a disaster for the entire industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The official acknowledged that the Commission&#8217;s approach was &#8220;wrong.&#8221; The agency should have provided clear guidelines before enforcement actions<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Our policy and approach over the past few years have simply been a disaster for the entire industry. We did not develop guidelines. As a result, the courts have done so, issuing various decisions. [&#8230;] We need to provide clear guidance and interpretations of what falls under securities laws and what does not,&#8221;<\/em> commented Uyeda.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The official acknowledged that the agency&#8217;s head, Gary Gensler, has his own &#8220;viewpoint&#8221; on the regulation of digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>Uyeda and his colleague Hester Peirce often vote for more progressive steps in cryptocurrency policy, but ultimately the agency follows what its chairman deems right, he added.  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Within the agency, our agenda is driven by Gensler. All staff follow his directives,&#8221;<\/em> he explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On October 8, the platform Crypto.com filed a lawsuit against the SEC after receiving a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wells_notice\">Wells notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Gensler emphasized that he sees no need for an additional regulatory framework beyond the Howey Test.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Republican candidate Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-dips-to-67000-amid-trumps-bitcoin-2024-speech\">promised<\/a> to fire Gensler if he wins the U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>In September, the House of Representatives began an investigation into the SEC&#8217;s use of politically motivated hiring practices.<\/p>\n<p>Back in June 2023, congressmen introduced a bill for Gensler&#8217;s resignation.<\/p>\n<p>Two months after Grayscale&#8217;s court victory against the agency, a similar proposal was made again.<\/p>\n<p>In October, it was revealed that SEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal would be stepping down. The community labeled the official as &#8220;the main instigator of Gensler&#8217;s aggressive attack on cryptocurrencies.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEC Commissioner SEC Mark Uyeda stated on FOX Business that the regulator&#8217;s stance on digital assets is &#8220;a disaster for the entire industry.&#8221; The official acknowledged that the Commission&#8217;s approach was &#8220;wrong.&#8221; The agency should have provided clear guidelines before enforcement actions. &#8220;Our policy and approach over the past few years have simply been a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1181,36,128],"class_list":["post-17695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-gary-gensler","tag-regulation","tag-sec"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"13","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}