Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale Cheers Trump’s New SEC Pick, Calls Out Gary Gensler For ‘Purposely’ Not Defining Crypto Rules
Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) co-founder Joe Lonsdale cheered President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Paul Atkins, while calling out Gary Gensler’s attitude towards the cryptocurrency industry.
What Happened: Lonsdale welcomed Atkin as Trump’s SEC pick in a recent episode of the All-In Podcast, calling him a “smart guy.”
“I love Paul. I think he’s a fair guy… he’s a really smart guy, cares about rules, cares about helping innovators,” he said.
Lonsdale had no love lost for Gensler, though. “The thing that really pissed [me] off with Gary… I think you’ve probably seen like… I think both Coinbase with Brian and the Winklevoss twins [who] put something out… They won’t even hire anyone who worked with Gary.”
Explaining the anger of Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong and the Winklevoss twins – …
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