Seemingly unfazed by a recent slew of court setbacks, United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler remains headstrong that his agency should be the one to reign over crypto — with plans to tell lawmakers the same on Sept. 12.
In the last two months, the securities regulator lost out to both Grayscale and Ripple — seen as a huge blow to the regulator.
In his prepared testimony for the Senate Banking Committee hearing, however, Gensler will reiterate the view that crypto assets are in fact securities and should be regulated by his agency. The Senate hearing will regard the SEC’s oversight on certain matters.
“Given this industry’s wide-ranging noncompliance with the securities laws, it’s not surprising that we’ve seen many problems in these markets. We’ve seen this story before. It’s reminiscent of what we had in the 1920s before the federal securities laws were put in place,” reads Gensler’s prepared testimony.
NEW: Ahead of tomorrow’s @BankingGOP hearing, @GaryGensler released the testimony he will give to the committee. Here’s what he will have to say about crypto tomorrow pic.twitter.com/jSGwaWvOi0
— Taylor Barr (@taylorjbarr) September 11, 2023
Sticking to a consistent theme, Gensler asserted that almost all crypto assets meet the Howey Test — a legal test which determines whether or not an asset or transaction can be deemed a security.
“The vast majority of crypto tokens likely meet the investment
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