Cameron Winklevoss says that the U.S. Securities and Trade Fee (SEC) is doing extra hurt than good to crypto buyers.
The Gemini crypto change co-founder tells his 718,700 Twitter followers that the SEC’s previous rejections of spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) functions weren’t in the perfect curiosity of buyers.
Winklevoss says that he and his twin brother, Tyler Winklevoss, filed for a spot Bitcoin ETF 10 years in the past, and the SEC refused to approve it.
In response to Winklevoss, the SEC’s rejection solely harmed buyers by limiting their capability to construct wealth by way of publicity to the primary digital asset.
“As we speak marks 10 years since Tyler and I filed for the primary spot Bitcoin ETF. The SEC’s refusal to approve these merchandise for a decade has been an entire and utter catastrophe for US buyers and demonstrates how the SEC is a failed regulator.
Right here’s why:
- ‘protected’ buyers from the best-performing asset of the final decade.
- pushed buyers into poisonous merchandise just like the Grayscale Bitcoin Belief (GBTC) which trades at an enormous low cost to NAV (web asset worth) and costs astronomical charges.
- pushed spot Bitcoin exercise offshore to unlicensed and unregulated venues.
- pushed buyers into the arms of FTX, subjecting them to one of many largest monetary frauds in trendy historical past.”
Winklevoss additionally claims that the SEC is exceeding its statutory energy in its crackdown on crypto and calls on the highest safety regulator to give attention to its core mission.
“Possibly the SEC will replicate on its dismal document and as an alternative of overstepping its statutory energy and making an attempt to behave just like the gatekeeper of financial life, it should give attention to fulfilling its mandate of investor safety, fostering honest and orderly markets, and facilitating capital formation. This is able to have led to significantly better outcomes for US buyers.”
Winklevoss lends his help to those that have just lately filed for Bitcoin ETFs.
“Within the meantime, better of luck to all these combating the nice struggle to convey US spot Bitcoin ETFs to life. Onward!”
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