U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer said in a tweet that he had received reports that the SEC chairman Gary Gensler was allegedly helping Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX “work on legal loopholes to obtain a regulatory monopoly.”
Интересно. @GaryGensler трча до медиумите додека извештаите до мојата канцеларија тврдат дека тој им помагал на SBF и FTX да работат на правните дупки за да добијат регулаторен монопол. Ние го разгледуваме ова. https://t.co/SznowgcP6V
- Том Емер (@RepTomEmmer) Ноември 10, 2022
Crypto community questions Gensler and SBF relationship
The crypto community has questioned the relationship between Gensler and the FTX founder, with many labeling it shady.
Speculation within the community alleged that SBF’s regulation drive was fueled by attempts to control the crypto space. Some also speculated that the SEC chairman was influenced by relationships from his time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
A tweet from RH Cult stated that Gensler’s boss at MIT was Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison’s father. SBF’s Wikipedia page shows he graduated from the school in 2014.
Gary Gensler’s boss at MIT Glenn Ellison is the father of the Co-CEO Caroline Ellison of #Аламеда Истражување. @SBF_FTX also went to MIT and helped to create #AlamedaResearch . This is looking like a setup to crack down on #crypto and control the system.
— RH CULT (@HEXCULT1) Ноември 10, 2022
Вреди да се напомене дека врските помеѓу FTX и ДИК ги надминуваат личните состаноци.
Генералниот советник на FTX US служеше како главен советник на претседателот Генслер во CFTC.
Според сите сметки, тој е стендап и одличен адвокат.
Поентата е дека ДИК беше прилично блиску. https://t.co/ohez0oXSjo
— Дане Лунд (@lund_dane) Ноември 11, 2022
Additionally, SBF met with Gensler earlier this year, which caused the community to scrutinize his донации to politicians.
General Counsel at Delphi Digital, Gabriel Shapiro, labelled the money FTX spent as “political bribes.”
`The recent collapse of a major crypto exchange proves that the bill we were colluding with the owner of that crypto exchange to draft after he spent $40M in political bribes to get it done is the best path forward`
Jesus. Fucking. Christ. https://t.co/LeOZxrKkRB
- _gabrielShapir0 (@lex_node) Ноември 11, 2022
Popular crypto lawyer Jake Chervinsky рече FTX was close to making a deal with the financial regulator, which would have set a harmful precedent for everyone else. Chervinsky thanked Congressman Emmer for looking into these allegations.
Meanwhile, reports revealed that US lawmakers are pushing the SBF-backed bill forward with plans to increase oversight over the crypto space. Several crypto industry leaders have критикуваше сметката.
The Stabenow-Boozman-FTX (SBF) bill would not have prevented this disaster because FTX helped write it!
And did so in a way that would’ve allowed them to hide the problems indefinitely, while raising MORE money from US institutional investors.
— Рајан Селкис 🥷 (@twobitidiot) Ноември 11, 2022
SEC reportedly investigating SBF
In a separate development, Bloomberg News пријавени that the SEC is investigating whether SBF and his firms violated securities regulation, citing anonymous sources.
According to the report, the regulator was scrutinizing SBF’s role in the recent ликвидносна криза. It added that the watchdog was also investigating whether FTX.US and its crypto-lending activities violated the law.
FTX has come under intense регулаторна контрола following its implosion. U.S. regulators are probing the relationship between SBF’s myriad businesses and whether the crypto exchange mishandled customer funds.
Source: https://cryptoslate.com/us-lawmaker-alleges-secs-gensler-had-dubious-ties-with-ftx-promises-investigation/