{"id":48379,"date":"2025-09-19T03:31:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T03:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=48379"},"modified":"2025-09-19T03:31:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T03:31:31","slug":"gary-gensler-says-he-made-the-right-calls-as-sec-chair-crypto-trades-mostly-on-hype-and-is-risky-for-everyday-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=48379","title":{"rendered":"Gary Gensler Says He Made The &#8216;Right Calls&#8217; As SEC Chair: Crypto Trades Mostly On &#8216;Hype&#8217; And Is Risky For Everyday Investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former SEC Chair <strong>Gary Gensler<\/strong> defended the agency\u2019s regulatory stance on cryptocurrencies during his tenure on Wednesday, saying it was all aimed at ensuring \u201cinvestor protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gensler Calls Crypto \u2018Risky\u2019 Asset<\/h2>\n<p>During an interview with CNBC, Gensler was asked whether he made the \u201cright calls\u201d as SEC Chair, considering the slew of pro-cryptocurrency measures undertaken by incumbent chair <strong>Paul Atkins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d responded Gensler. \u201cWe were consistently trying\u00a0to ensure investor protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/05\/45614311\/fraudster-sam-bankman-fried-set-to-leave-prison-four-years-early-as-good-conduct-credits-trim-his-25-year-sentence\">high-profile cryptocurrency fraud cases<\/a> in his time, including the <strong>Sam\u00a0Bankman-Fried <\/strong>case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a field that trades mostly on momentum, mostly on, frankly, hype for investors,\u201d Gensler argued. He deemed cryptocurrencies a \u201crisky\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/09\/47754974\/gary-gensler-says-he-made-the-right-calls-as-sec-chair-crypto-trades-mostly-on-hype-and-is-\" alt=\"Gary\" gensler says he made the calls as sec chair: crypto trades mostly on and is risky for everyday investors>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former SEC Chair Gary Gensler defended the agency\u2019s regulatory stance on cryptocurrencies during his tenure on Wednesday, saying it was all aimed at ensuring \u201cinvestor protection.\u201d Gensler Calls Crypto \u2018Risky\u2019 Asset During an interview with CNBC, Gensler was asked whether he made the \u201cright calls\u201d as SEC Chair, considering the slew of pro-cryptocurrency measures undertaken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-48379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}